Canadian police are warning the public about the release of Curtis Dale Hill, a dangerous 30-year-old man who was released in Edmonton after serving a 10-year prison sentence for seven armed robberies. He has also been in jail for break and enter, possession of stolen property, theft, assault, utttering threats, attempt to escape custody, assaulting [...]
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Last Friday, the coroner’s jury at the inquest into the multiple murder
suicide case of Peter Lee handed down 14 recommendations. See the list here.
In 2007, Lee fatally stabbed his six-year-old son, his wife, and his wife’s mother and father, then killed himself. Lee was out on bail and had been ordered not to contact his [...]
One of the biggest dangers facing our kids today probably doesn’t come to your mind when I say the words “child safety.”
I’m talking about childhood obesity, and we are facing an epidemic. Over 26 percent of Canadian children and youth – 1.6 million – are considered overweight or obese, according to The Childhood Obesity Foundation.
Childhood [...]
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The Web, email, and cell phones give us so much freedom – we can order a new t-shirt in seconds, or check our bank balance on the way to the grocery store.
But scammers also thrive online, where many of us don’t read the terms and conditions or bother to question if something really is too [...]
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We’re well into the holiday season, and I know that for some divorced parents, Christmas break brings fears of parental abduction. From time to time we hear the alarming news about a stranger abduction, but the reality is that they are very rare – most child abductions are by non-custodial parents.
Although non-custodial parental abduction can occur at any time [...]
