Her story helped flag a pattern — others are also finding that unstable housing, and worries about their housing, has a major toll on their mental health. Elaine, who asked to be identified by her middle name, also texted CBC Calgary in late December, when she was going through a mental health crisis. Poor mental health makes it harder to cope with housing problems, and housing problems can make people's mental health worse. It's a mental health crisis and I'm not sure that we're ready for that." And she wonders if the provincial or federal government could create an emergency fund to help when the threat of losing a home triggers a mental health crisis.

Broke, hungry and only 20, I was too embarrassed to ask for help when I moved to Canada. I was all alone in a new country with no one to turn to for help. I couldn’t believe I was at a crossroads: back home in Latvia or homeless in Canada. Compared to his experience living in the Soviet Union, Canada seemed a free and safe country, not involved in major geopolitical conflicts. During polite small talk, people would ask about my family and how they were adjusting to life in Canada.

Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a standout on TV series including Will & Grace and American Horror Story, died from natural causes and not from a car accident last year, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has concluded. The 67-year-old actor died of sudden cardiac dysfunction due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a report by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Jordan died at the scene after his car crashed in the Hollywood area Oct. 24. An autopsy didn’t find any signs of life-threatening trauma, according to the coroner’s report, which listed the cause of death as natural. Jordan had been sober for more than two decades at the time of his death, and toxicology tests didn’t find any alcohol or drugs in his body.

St. John's residents feud with neighbour over flood lightsDuration: 01:46Residents of St. John's Outer Battery area are feuding with a neighbour over bright flood lights that are allegedly always on. Police have already charged the lights' owner with mischief, but he has refused to take them down — or turn them off.

Lack of ambulances, staffing shortage among issues in delay to fatal dog attackDuration: 01:55A combination of issues contributed to a slow EMS response last summer when an elderly woman was attacked by three dogs in Calgary. Now, the Health Quality Council of Alberta is making 16 recommendations for Alberta Health Services, police, and the city. The CBC's Tom Ross has the details.

Defense chiefs fail to resolve dispute on tanks for UkraineRAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Ukraine will have to wait longer to find out if it will get advanced German-made battle tanks. Germany would need to agree for the tanks to be given to Ukraine, which is not a member of NATO. The defense leaders heard an impassioned plea for more military aid from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The U.S. has resisted providing its own M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, citing extensive and complex maintenance and logistical challenges with the high-tech vehicles. The influx of new weapons, tanks and armored carriers comes as Ukraine faces intense combat in the country's east around the city of Bakhmut and the nearby salt mining town of Soledar.

Prashanth Bala - stock.adobe.comRebel News Store Take a stand against the mainstream media and show your support for independent journalism! Take ActionThe state broadcaster's story accusing the Catholic Church of backtracking on a $30 million promise to support residential school survivors was called false and misleading by viewers and a silent correction to important details was made after publication. The CCCB had announced the initiative in September of 2021, and promised more details by the end of November. CBC’s report indicated that as of late December, the campaign had yet to begin. "It’s obvious that CBC knew about some of those local efforts," Nagler wrote in his decision which can be read here.

Violence against Indigenous women and girls is on the rise. Indigenous women and girls in Canada are 16 times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be targeted and killed, and 12 times more likely to be murdered or go missing.

Figures from Nova Scotia Health show some hospital units have up to 80 per cent nurse vacancy rates, including in emergency departments. (Dave Laughlin/CBC - image credit)Nova Scotia Health is rolling out a series of new training and retention incentives in an effort to fill nursing vacancies in emergency departments. "It's a combination of virtual technology enablement, but in addition to that, some extra resources," Tomblin Murphy told CBC Radio's Mainstreet Cape Breton on Friday. For example, Nova Scotia is one of four provinces where nurse practitioners can admit and discharge patients. Figures from Nova Scotia Health earlier this month show some hospital units have up to 80 per cent nurse vacancy rates.

The Toronto Raptors have lost consecutive games against a Bucks team that didn’t have Giannis Antetokounmpo or Khris Middleton and a Timberwolves squad without Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert. Let the Raptors trade rumors fly! TORONTO STARRaptors Insider: How NBA sources view Raptors assets as trade chatter swirls By Doug Smith#Toronto #WeTheNorthhttps://t.co/JtWZZda7gd — Raptors Aggregator (@raptorsaggr) January 19, 2023Toronto Raptors trade rumors: Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby are expensive. However, he may require close to $25 million per season if Toronto wants to keep him. It might be necessary to make a move or two if Toronto wants to become a champion with Scottie Barnes at the tip of their spear.

The day after a sit-in by nurses in the western part of northern Quebec, their union is denouncing the employer for referring the action to a labour tribunal. On Thursday, nurses in the seven Nunavik communities on the Hudson Bay coast staged a sit-in after months of staffing shortages in the communities that authorities have been unable to address. The Inuulitsivik Health Centre in Puvirnituq, their employer, asked the labour administration tribunal (Tribunal administratif du travail) to intervene, something the union denounced in a statement on Friday. Normally, 30 enlarged role nurses need to be in place, distributed between the Hudson Bay communities. “We’re asking the employer to listen to the health care professionals who want to offer health care to the community.

Problems with end-of-life care are widespread says McGill's director of palliative careDuration: 05:52McGill University's director of palliative care, Dr. Justin Sanders, is speaking out about what he says are widespread problems with end-of-life care, following the death of Andrée Simard. Her family says Simard, who was the widow of former Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, was refused palliative care, at Saint-Mary's Hospital in Montreal.

Technological Convergence: The BadNot everyone has ready and affordable access to digital media. (It is also known as media consolidation, media concentration or economic convergence). These factors have allowed media companies to own different kinds of media (e.g., TV and radio stations and newspapers) in the same markets. Converged Media in CanadaQuebecor Inc. is the king of media convergence in Canada. See also Media Ownership; Media Literacy; Media Bias in Canada; Politics and the Media; Media and the Law.

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Despite denials from both the Premier's office and the Alberta Crown prosecutor's office, a CBC Calgary article says a staffer from the premier's office challenged Crown prosecutors via email on cases related to the Coutts border blockade and protests. CTV News received this statement from the premier's office: “Premier Smith has not been in contact with Crown prosecutors and has no knowledge of anyone on her staff having done so. NO KNOWLEDGE OF ACTIONPolitical watchers say there's some doubts about what may have occurred in the premier's office regarding emails to Crown prosecutors. The premier's office statement continued: "The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service operates independently of government and political interests. Crown prosecutors base their decisions on the law and merits of the matter before them.