David and Collet Stephan were accused of not seeking medical attention sooner for their 18-month-old son The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear an appeal in a high-profile Alberta case that saw a couple tried twice in the death of their sick toddler. David and Collet Stephan were accused of not seeking medical attention sooner for their 18-month-old son, Ezekiel, before he died in 2012. They testified that they were treating the boy with natural remedies for what they thought was croup. A jury convicted them in 2016 of failingRead more

The surgery happened at the end of July in Halifax With a few small, precise movements, Canadian medical history was made last week in Halifax as the first spinal robotic surgery was performed at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. A robotic arm was used to place titanium screws and rods in three vertebrae. The surgery relieved pressure on nerves that were causing pain, said Dr. Sean Christie, the neurosurgeon who performed the surgery. Dr. Christie said the procedure would still have been possible without the robotic arm, but it allowsRead more

Lindsey Klassen placed 8th overall in gruelling race through Canadian Rockies A Manitoba expat took first place in the women’s ultra competition of the Canadian Death Race in the Canadian Rockies on the weekend — and she managed the mean feat just over a year after nearly dying in a horrific training accident. Lindsey Klassen, who placed eighth overall, said the Alberta race was “pretty brutal” but she persevered. “I just dig deep,” said Klassen, originally from Cooks Creek, Man., and now a foot and ankle surgeon in San Francisco. “It’sRead more

Hudson Bay rail line is the ‘backbone of northern Manitoba’: Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal The provincial and federal governments announced Wednesday they are spending roughly $133 million to upgrade northern Manitoba’s rail line, which has had lengthy service disruptions despite being the only land link to the south for many communities. The province is spending up to $73.8 million over two years to help the Arctic Gateway Group upgrade, operate and maintain the Hudson Bay Railway, Premier Heather Stefanson announced at a news conference on Wednesday. The Arctic GatewayRead more

Hamilton police applying to lay hate crime charge on 41-year-old Christopher Pretula WARNING: This story contains details that readers may find disturbing and offensive. Hamilton police have arrested a man after a video appeared to show him hurling transphobic and racist insults toward passengers on an HSR bus. Police issued a news release on Tuesday appealing for witnesses and victims related to the three-minute video after CBC Hamilton asked the police service about it a day earlier. It also said the incident was reported via the service’s online reporting tool by a third party in anotherRead more

‘I could clean up my house with a rake,’ says Les Mursza, whose property was reduced to ash Les Murzsa says he spent more than a decade focusing his time and savings on building the off-grid home he’d hoped to own for most of his adult life. One project at a time, he renovated the wooden cabin at the south end of Green Mountain Road, near Keremeos, B.C., until there was only one job left: finishing up the new roof. Murzsa was in the process of installing the last shingles when a wildfireRead more

The father of a four-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a GO train in Mississauga, Ont. last week is speaking out for the first time since the accident. Emmanuel Nwabuoku told CP24 on Tuesday his daughter, Mitchell, was fatally struck by a train last week while she out playing with her siblings. “Mitchell is an angel, she talks like an angel. Mitchell acts like an angel,” Nwabuoku said. He said his daughter left the apartment with her older siblings to go down to get ice cream at theRead more

Canadian period pain relief company Somedays is providing non-menstruating people with a new perspective on how excruciating period pain can be. Lux Perry, CEO and co-founder of Somedays, brought a period pain simulator to this year’s Calgary Stampede to show men and people who don’t have periods the levels of pain menstruating people experience. To their surprise, attendees at the stampede were willing and open to gain a new perspective. “It was a little bit shocking to see how much compassion there was,” Perry said Tuesday in an interview on CTV’sRead more

Bernardo and Arthur Lima aren’t like other twins — they were born conjoined, sharing not only the top of their heads and part of the brain, but a major vein that connects to the heart. Now, a breakthrough surgery, made possible in part by surgeons working together virtually, has hopefully given the boys a chance at life like any other pair of brothers. The pair were operated on shortly before their fourth birthday, making them the oldest twins with a fused brain to have been successfully separated. For months, surgeonsRead more

An 11-year-old girl missing from Stratford, Ont. has been found safe. Around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Stratford police confirmed by phone the child has been found safe in Toronto. An Amber Alert was issued around half an hour earlier at 5:37 p.m. In a tweet, Stratford police said she was located with the assistance of Ontario Provincial Police and York Regional Police. Police said the investigation is ongoing.