From birth to adulthood, Sherri Jones’ life has been both unusual and rare. The 54-year-old resident of Red Deer, Alb., was born despite her mom using an intrauterine device — a one-in-100 occurrence. “The IUD apparently had gotten stuck on her bladder, and it penetrated her bladder, which is why she was able to conceive,”…
Ninety-three year old Albert Annand has shopped at Frieze and Roy in Maitland, N.S., throughout his life, but the store is about double his age. The business, considered by many as Canada’s oldest general store, is celebrating 185 years of selling goods in the village at the mouth of the Shubenacadie River near Cobequid Bay. “I’d…
Barbora Krejcikova won the Wimbledon’s women’s final for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini on Saturday. Krejcikova is a 28-year-old from the Czech Republic who adds this trophy to her championship at the French Open in 2021. She was unseeded in Paris back then and was only the…
As many parts of Canada reeled under hot weather, a group representing migrant farm workers wrote a letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday, urging him to put protections in place for those toiling in the fields. “Farmworkers are 35 times more likely than the general public to die of heat exposure,” Chris Ramsaroop,…
Thousands of Labrador City residents are heading east to Happy Valley-Goose Bay as a wildfire threatens the town. (Darryl Dinn/ CBC) Fire crew teams continue to battle wildfires across Labrador Saturday. Residents of Labrador City were told to evacuate on Friday at 5:30 p.m. AT and to head 500 kilometres east to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Labrador City…
Paris is magic, glitter, love and style, says the Canadian athletes about to compete there in the Olympic Games. The prospect of performing in the world’s biggest sporting event with la Ville Lumiere, or City of Light, their stage makes their eyes soften and their voices take on a dreamy quality. “Paris is a very…
Animal shelters throughout the Peterborough, Ont., area are experiencing capacity crunches with the number of animals waiting to be adopted. At the Peterborough Humane Society, executive director Shawn Morey says the shelter is over capacity and can’t accept any more animals. “We have 140 animals in our building right now — all different stages,” he…
This story is part of the Prairies Climate Change Project, a joint initiative between CBC Edmonton and CBC Saskatchewan that focuses on weather and our changing climate. How climate change affects your health could depend on where you live, according to a new study. In their examination of several Edmonton neighbourhoods, researchers at the University…
Canada’s men’s soccer coach Jesse Marsch says he has no interest in the open U.S. coaching job. The 50-year-old American was a candidate for the vacant U.S. position last year, but U.S. Soccer ultimately opted to rehire Gregg Berhalter. The job became open again Wednesday when Berhalter was fired in the wake of the 11th-ranked…
A person has died in an overnight crash on Highway 99 in Surrey, B.C. Surrey RCMP said the single-vehicle crash happened at 1:30 a.m. and one of the occupants was declared dead at the scene. The car ended up in a farmer’s field, a few hundred feet from the highway. The Integrated Collision Analysis and…
