Amid a pandemic, the repatriation process can be emotionally taxing and complicated for loved ones separated by geography. The family of Renu Surya Pratan Murikipudi, for instance, has run into one issue after another trying to get the body of the University of Windsor student to India after friends found him dead in his home.Renu…
A frontline doctor who lost three members of her family during the pandemic has urged London’s black community to take up the vaccine. Dr Remi Odejinmi, who works for Barking, Redbridge and Havering NHS Trust, drew on her own loss as she made the appeal to the Black, Asian and minority ethnic [BAME] community. The…
A Vancouver mother worries police did not act fast enough when her daughter, a 24-year-old Cree woman, vanished from a downtown apartment in September.Sheila Poorman puts up posters of her daughter on Vancouver’s Granville Street, where she went missing. (CBC/Ken Leedham)Sheila Poorman has spent six months taping posters up across Vancouver, hoping someone might know…
A family have said they’re lucky to be alive after an overloaded extension cable sparked a huge fire which burned down part of their home on Boxing Day. Krystal Straw, 35, had been downstairs with her daughters, Ava, five, and Abbie, 15, and Abbie’s boyfriend Rhys Davison, 15, when she noticed a burning smell. She…
Ready to welcome another family member! Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and other members of the royal family are happy for Prince…
The family of Loujain Alhathloul, a graduate of UBC who has been jailed in Saudi Arabia for more than two years, is calling on countries, including Canada, to hold the kingdom to account on its human rights record as it hosts the G20 summit.The G20 summit has renewed an ongoing campaign to free jailed Saudi…
The family of Naya Rivera has filed a wrongful death lawsuit after the actress’ tragic drowning death in California this summer, claiming…
As President Trump gave a statement Thursday night where he falsely claimed victory and alleged election officials were trying to steal the…
One of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has contracted COVID-19.In a post on Instagram, The Rock revealed that in addition to himself, his wife and his two children contracted the virus about three weeks ago.”My wife Lauren, as well as my two baby girls, and myself, we have all tested positive for COVID-19.…
Canadians who lost loved ones when Iran shot down Flight PS752 earlier this year have been reporting an increasing number of threats warning them against criticizing Iran’s response to the disaster.Hamed Esmaeilion, his wife Parisa Eghbalian and daughter Reera Esmaeilion in happier times. Esmaeilion said he has received death threats after speaking out against Iran’s role in…