3 kids die from influenza A-related complications since start of December in Ontario
Aaron D’Andrea / globalnews - Three children in Ontario have died from influenza A-related complications since the start of December, health officials said Monday.
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Ottawa, Alberta agreed to extend $15-a-day child-care fees to 2027
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Alberta's early-learning and child-care fees will remain at $15-a-day through to 2027 as the province works with Ottawa to firm up a more permanent deal.
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Federal government will table bill to protect children, address gender-based violence
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - Justice Minister Sean Fraser will introduce legislation today that aims to better protect children and address gender-based violence.
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Ontario sets up $20-million fund for daycare protections after toddler killed in crash
Allison Jones / theglobeandmail - Liam Riazati was killed in September when an SUV crashed into the daycare, also leaving six other young children and three adults injured
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B.C. releases guidelines on involuntary care for youth mental health and substance-use
Chuck Chiang / theglobeandmail - Eby says guidance will not be universally well received, but the changes can significantly reduce childrens’ brain injuries and death
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Newfoundland girl’s parental abduction prompts calls for tougher laws
Sarah Smellie / theglobeandmail - Once a child is removed to a country that has not signed The Hague Convention, getting them back from that country is extremely difficult
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Infant still in critical condition after Clareview house fire that left toddler dead
Karen Bartko / globalnews - The fatal fire broke out overnight on Friday, Nov. 28 at the Clareview Village townhouse complex near 31 Street and 132A Avenue in the Belmont neighbourhood.
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Quebec coroner calls for better pedestrian safety after death of girl, 7, in 2022
Cole Fortner / citynews - A Quebec coroner is recommending strengthened measures to protect pedestrian safety after the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee in 2022. Coroner Éric Lépine says in a recent report that the girl’s death was accidental, caused by the …
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Two more grizzlies captured, to be evaluated after B.C. attack on schoolchildren
theglobeandmail - Conservation officers continue to search for the bear that left three children and a teacher seriously injured
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Three women, a toddler and unborn baby confirmed dead in Brampton fire
Jane Stevenson / torontosun - The blaze started at 2 a.m. on Nov. 20
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Standalone Stollery Children’s Hospital to be built in south Edmonton
Karen Bartko / globalnews - After many years of planning and calls from the public to make it a reality, the location for a new, standalone Stollery Children's Hospital has been revealed.
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Two dead, four critically injured in Brampton house fire
Cynthia McLeod / torontosun - A child is among the four rushed to hospital
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School boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: provincial watchdogs
Michael Ranger / citynews - Privacy watchdogs in Ontario and Alberta issued their findings Tuesday after investigating a mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada, concluding that school boards lacked adequate breach response plans, among other issues. Onta…
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Calgary man dead, five-year-old daughter missing after California drowning tragedy
Jackson Loy / westernstandard - The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has identified the man who died attempting to save his daughter from a large wave off the California coast as Calgary native Yuji Hu.
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Warning issued about infant formula purchased online for possible botulism contamination
John Marchesan / citynews - Canadian officials have issued a warning to parents who purchased infant formula online about potential botulism contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula should not be consumed because it may be contam…
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Family rescued after getting lost on a hike in GTA park
Denio Lourenco / citynews - A couple and their 1-year-old child were rescued by police after getting lost on a hike in Rouge National Urban Park earlier this month. According to Toronto police, the family became “disoriented” in dense bush while hiking near a stream in the park on S…
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BREAKING: Three 15-year-old boys charged in murder of Calgary teen
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - Three 15-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the August killing of 16-year-old Calgary youth Carter Spivak-Villeneuve.
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Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump ‘knew about the girls’ and spent time with victim
Lucas Casaletto / citynews - Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications rel…
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Ontario extends child-care deal with Ottawa for one year
Emily Haws, Dave McGinn / theglobeandmail - Federal program was meant to bring cost of child care down to $10 a day by March, 2026, but newly signed agreement maintains fees at $19 a day on average
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Quebec man sentenced to life in prison for killing of 10-year-old in 1994
theglobeandmail - Judge says Réal Courtemanche has shown no remorse and there’s no hope for his rehabilitation
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