What It’s Like to Date Again After My Boyfriend Died

What It’s Like to Date Again After My Boyfriend Died

“That’s my husband,” I said to my friend on a beautiful summer evening. We were having drinks at a bar when I spotted John for the first time. He was handsome and wore a blue golf shirt that brought out his blue eyes. “If he doesn’t come over here, I’m going over there,” I told … Read more

Trauma Dumping On TikTok: Examples, Reasons And Effects Of A Growing Trend

Trauma Dumping On TikTok: Examples, Reasons And Effects Of A Growing Trend

Trauma dumping has emerged as a trend on social media platforms, particularly TikTok. This phenomenon involves individuals sharing their personal traumas and emotional struggles in a public, unfiltered manner. Experts caution that this trend might be causing more harm than good. The ‘Trauma Candy Salad’ Trend One prevalent example is the ‘Trauma Candy Salad’ trend, … Read more

I Took My Mom on a Birthday Trip After My Dad Died

I Took My Mom on a Birthday Trip After My Dad Died

October has always been a big month for the Leal family. It kicks off with my mom’s birthday on Oct. 1. Then, just a few days later is my parents’ wedding anniversary on Oct. 8. Following that, my dad’s birthday, on Oct. 20. (And coincidentally, my papaw’s too.) A month of celebration, but this year … Read more

5 bison dead after 2 vehicles hit them in Elk Island National Park: Parks Canada

5 bison dead after 2 vehicles hit them in Elk Island National Park: Parks Canada

Five bison are dead after two vehicles hit them in a national park east of Edmonton early Thursday morning, Parks Canada says. RCMP are investigating the incident, which killed three bison and injured two others so severely they had to be euthanized. It is the most calamitous collision the park has recorded, according to Dale Kirkland, superintendent … Read more

Mariah Carey loses her mother and sister on the same day

Mariah Carey loses her mother and sister on the same day

A double tragedy has struck Mariah Carey. The music icon recently confirmed that both her mother, Patricia, and her sister, Alison, died on the same day. MARIAH CAREY’S TRAGIC LOSS The singer, renowned for her vocal prowess and larger-than-life persona, has now faced one of the most harrowing experiences of her life. “My heart is … Read more

Trial of key convoy figures Lich, Barber nears end of the road

Trial of key convoy figures Lich, Barber nears end of the road

Closing arguments start this morning in the trial of key Freedom Convoy figures Tamara Lich and Chris Barber — the beginning of the end for a slow-rolling legal drama that began two and a half years ago. For the accused, it’s been a long and uncertain road that keeps leading them back to Ottawa. “For … Read more

Sarah McLachlan thought Angel was ‘too slow and depressing’ to become a hit

Sarah McLachlan thought Angel was ‘too slow and depressing’ to become a hit

Sarah McLachlan can only think of one time in her career when she set out to write a single for pop radio — and it was only because she didn’t have a choice. When the Canadian superstar signed with her first American label, they didn’t think they could sell an album with just her signature … Read more

Premiers send letter to feds demanding bail reform after homicide

Premiers send letter to feds demanding bail reform after homicide

Canada’s premiers have sent a letter to the prime minister demanding a thorough review of the bail system after the homicide of a Surrey, B.C., woman. Tori Dunn, 30, was killed in her home on June 16. Her death prompted an outpouring of grief in the Metro Vancouver suburb. The man who has been arrested … Read more

Sask. TikTok star Bella Brave dead at 10

Sask. TikTok star Bella Brave dead at 10

A 10-year-old girl from Swift Current, Sask., who attracted millions of followers while sharing her health story online has died.  Bella Thomson, who went by Bella Brave on social media, was born with several rare health conditions. Her mother, Kyla Thomson, confirmed to CBC Saskatchewan that Bella died on Sunday after being placed in a … Read more