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Becoming a stay-at-home parent? How to transition to living on one spouse's income
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (818+ words) By Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press Posted Jun 25, 2026 11: 11: 04 AM. Zena Amundsen didn't realize how tight finances could be for a single-income household after she and her husband welcomed their first baby. She quickly had to learn to keep track of…...
N. S. could raise low breastfeeding rate by financially supporting families: experts
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1033+ words) By Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press Posted Jun 25, 2026 05: 00: 09 AM. HALIFAX " Researchers say if Nova Scotia wants to improve its low breastfeeding rates, the province should ensure new parents can afford to take parental leave. Kyly Whitfield, a human nutrition professor…...
Ottawa adding $5. 4 B for child care; provinces, advocates had warned progress at risk
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (680+ words) By Allison Jones and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Posted Jun 19, 2026 02: 32: 35 PM. The federal government is giving provinces and territories an additional $5. 4 billion over two years for the national $10-a-day child-care program, money the minister is framing as stabilizing the…...
Presence of alcohol 'significantly reduces' rescue chances in youth drownings: study
1+ week, 3+ day ago (461+ words) Posted Jun 16, 2026 05: 00: 29 AM. VANCOUVER " A new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver has found that alcohol "significantly reduces" the chance of rescue in a youth drowning accident. The study, published in Medicine Science and Law, analyzed 11 years…...
Single Canadians pay more for groceries than shared households: Interac survey
1+ week, 3+ day ago (483+ words) By Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press Posted Jun 16, 2026 07: 00: 10 AM. TORONTO " Many single Canadians are feeling the pinch of higher food prices as they foot grocery bills single-handedly, according to a new report. An Interac survey found single Canadians spend about…...
Japan's DJ Rinoka bobs to the beat as a child prodigy techno artist
1+ week, 4+ day ago (424+ words) Posted Jun 15, 2026 06: 03: 06 AM. Japanese DJ Rinoka still is a celebrated techno artist at just 9 years old. And she's the world's youngest DJ, listed as such in Guinness when she was 6. She decided to become a DJ after seeing Amelie Lens…...
House of Commons passes bill criminalizing forced sterilization
2+ week, 4+ day ago (404+ words) Posted Jun 8, 2026 05: 11: 46 PM. OTTAWA " The House of Commons on Monday passed a long-awaited law criminalizing forced or coerced sterilization, evoking an emotional moment for survivors gathered in Ottawa. The law says sterilization without legal consent constitutes aggravated assault, which carries…...
Psychiatrist Robert Coles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed needs of children, dies
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1087+ words) Posted Jun 7, 2026 09: 59: 22 PM. Harvard University professor Robert Coles, the psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed the cause of children grappling with poverty and segregation, has died at 97, his son said Sunday. The elder Coles was famed for documenting the…...
N. B. Premier Susan Holt says pay-what-you-can school lunch program launching in fall
3+ week, 1+ day ago (402+ words) Posted Jun 4, 2026 02: 03: 11 PM. FREDERICTON " New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says the pay-what-you-can school lunch program she promised in the 2024 provincial election campaign will roll out this fall. The program will see students between kindergarten and Grade 8 pay $4 per meal, while…...
Woman who had to give up baby urges Ottawa to apologize for forced adoptions
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1236+ words) By Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press Posted May 31, 2026 01: 20: 23 PM. Christine Nayler spent only four hours with her newborn daughter at a hospital north of Newmarket, Ont. , in 1982, before her baby was taken away from her. Then a 15-year-old expectant mother…...