If you're a parent, you've likely heard or read some iteration of the proverb, "it takes a village to raise a child." "I keep hearing that it takes a village to raise a child. Studies have also shown millennial parents are more likely to get advice online than from their parents, feel pressured to be more hands-on and intensely involved with their children, and often clash with their parents about child rearing. "The truth of the matter is the majority of parents are not feeling like they have that village of support. But due to increasing longevity and improved health of older people, grandparents can help take care of grandchildren or assist parents, notes Qian of UBC.

October 13, 2024 17:00 UTC

Saskatoon man's new card game puts the fun in funeralNewsDuration 2:24A card game a Saskatoon man made for fun during the pandemic is now being produced for the public after gaining traction on Facebook. Youlogy lets players create characters and follow their life story until their funeral.

October 13, 2024 15:02 UTC

Why marital rape still isn’t a crime in IndiaNewsDuration 5:03Warning: Video contains discussion of sexual violence | In India, it’s not a crime to rape your wife if she’s over 18 — even though some have been fighting for years to change the law. CBC’s Salimah Shivji takes a closer look at the issue and breaks down what’s behind the country’s insidious rape culture.

October 13, 2024 11:19 UTC

How do you clean 700 pounds of carrots? NewsDuration 2:58The only problem with people donating hundreds of carrots to your non-profit? Having enough time to clean them. But thanks to gardener Keith Ross, a weekly volunteer at Fredericton’s Greener Village food bank, a hand-built veggie washer is getting the job done just in time for Thanksgiving.

October 13, 2024 09:05 UTC

This Labrador woman is teaching hundreds on YouTube how to trapNicole Lane of Postville shares her trapping adventure on her LadyTrapper Youtube channel. (Submitted by Nicole Lane - image credit)Nicole Lane of Postville shares her trapping adventure on her LadyTrapper Youtube channel. Nicole Lane of Postville shares her trapping adventure on her LadyTrapper YouTube channel. She was driven by a desire to showcase Labrador trapping to viewers. "I go on YouTube and I look for people in Labrador [doing] trapping videos or anything.

October 13, 2024 08:40 UTC





As attitudes toward immigrants shift, this Ottawa shelter is just trying to keep them warmAshley Potter is the manager of frontline services for the Ottawa Mission. Potter says a significant share of beds at the downtown Ottawa shelter are being used by people seeking asylum. Potter is the manager of frontline services at the Ottawa Mission, which provides food, shelter and clothing to vulnerable people in the city. The Ottawa Mission shelter and support hub on Daly Avenue in downtown Ottawa in May 2020. The Ottawa Mission shelter and support hub on Daly Avenue in downtown Ottawa in May 2020.

October 13, 2024 02:16 UTC

Why Quebec is considering taking family doctors away from healthy peopleNewsDuration 2:30According to Radio-Canada sources, the Legault government is considering changing how family doctors are assigned based on Quebecers' health to ensure that the most vulnerable have access.

October 12, 2024 22:07 UTC

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Toronto Maple Leafs07:00 PM at Scotiabank ArenaWatch on: SN, NHLN, CBC, SN-PITStream this game in Canada for free on gem.cbc.ca. The Leafs last game was away on October 10 against the New Jersey Devils, which Toronto won by a score of 4-2 in regulation. After day off, Leafs back to work on wonky power play at morning skate. — Lance Hornby 🇺🇦 (@sunhornby) October 12, 2024The power play is not quite cooking, while the changes on the PK seem to be working well. The power play is struggling at maintaining possession of the puck or doing much other than passing it around.

October 12, 2024 21:47 UTC

The Breakdown | Marital rape in India + Swing state battle explainedNewsDuration 19:49The National breaks down why marital rape is still legal in India, despite years of fighting for change. Plus, About That host Andrew Chang joins The National to explain how roughly 21K voters in seven swing states could decide the next U.S. president.

October 12, 2024 20:04 UTC

Indeed, outcome 2) proved correct and it became necessary to remind these clients of the parallels between poker and investing. The Middle East, as we’re all aware, is a volatile region prone to more consistent turmoil over past 75 years than any other region of the world. Somehow, The Middle East finds a way to limp its way through each and every crisis, and investors have learned to live with the region’s almost never-ending cycle of threats, escalation, and—eventually—tense calm. Outcomes are always unknown, especially in a region a volatile as The Middle East, so why make a wager as if they are known? Finally, let’s consider the totality of the poker room, or put another way, the totality of global financial markets.

October 12, 2024 20:02 UTC

Meet the Mi’kmaw dancer who’s been performing more than half his lifeNewsDuration 5:55CBC News invited Brady Googoo of Millbrook First Nation to our Halifax studios to reflect on his own story, as well as the stories he tells through dance and his motivation to keep performing after more than a decade.

October 12, 2024 19:32 UTC

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Joan Hamilton on September 30, 2024 at Guelph General Hospital in her 91st year. Joan is survived by her sister Marlene (Doug) Cockburn, her children Kim (Cindy) Hamilton, Deborah Skelly, Julie (Shawn) Merilees, grandchildren, great grandchildren and nephews . Joan was preceded in death by her husband Laverne in 2011. Mom grew up in Kitchener the elder of two girls to Glenn and Grace Hamilton. She dearly loved and was very proud of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

October 12, 2024 19:07 UTC

Our aim is to provide a full and fair assessment of each driver's skills, while ensuring that the road test reflects the applicant's overall competency." Partway through his program, Smart Truck Training Academy suddenly shut down, leaving instructors unpaid and students out thousands of dollars. Marketplace went undercover into five truck training practice yards to see what the schools would tell prospective students about MELT training. This is a big red flag, says Matt Richardson, vice-president at KRTS Transportation Specialists Inc, one of the oldest truck training schools in Ontario. This includes more than 200 truck training schools, plus 400 other private career colleges, teaching everything from hairdressing to payroll to plumbing.

October 12, 2024 17:35 UTC

Derek Kwan, director of '100 Days', will be awarded $30,000 and granted a national broadcast opportunity on CBCA Richmond filmmaker has won $30,000 from a CBC short film contest. 100 Days, a film written and directed by Derek Kwan, was one of nine short films competing in season 17 of CBC’s Short Film Faceoff. Kwan’s short film went head-to-head with some of Canada’s most talented directors, and was announced as the winner on Oct. 5. In addition to the prize money from Telefilm Canada to support the filmmaker’s upcoming projects, he will also be granted a national broadcast opportunity on CBC. “I really wanted to just highlight something where it’s a mixture of generations,” Kwan told Richmond News in 2023.

October 12, 2024 17:31 UTC

(Bloomberg) -- A group of lawmakers within Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing Liberal Party is organizing to pressure him to step down, according to news reports. An earlier article on Friday from the Toronto Star described an effort to publicly pressure Trudeau, 52, to step down, citing people who weren’t identified. Still, the number of dissenting MPs cited in the reports may fall short of a critical mass. In September, a parliamentary pact with another party which has kept Trudeau in power fell apart. Later in the month, he survived an attempt from the opposition Conservative Party to force an election.

October 12, 2024 17:21 UTC