Minister Ien unexpectedly announced a commitment to improving Canadians access to fertility treatment before the next election
Category: Family
How workplaces can support employees who are caregivers
A new report says working caregivers spend more than 30 hours each week on unpaid caregiving. Can employers help ease their load?
Subsidized child care not helping low-income families: operators
At a national conference this week, operators raised concerns that subsidized child care is not helping low-income families and hurting centres
UK police warn of ‘sextortion’ scams against teenage boys
UK police issued an urgent warning about soaring cases of criminal gangs overseas targeting British teenagers in online sextortion scams
Accused serial killer goes on trial for Indigenous murders
Jeremy Skibicki, 37, was charged in 2022 with first-degree murder and is suspected of having targeted Indigenous women living on the street
Alberta child-care centres felt ‘coerced’ into joining $10-a-day program
Alberta used coercive tactics to get child-care operators to sign onto Ottawa’s program, including making existing subsidies conditional on signing
Nestle denies ‘double standard’ on baby food in poorer countries
An NGO accused Nestle of selling baby food with high levels of sugar in low-income countries but not in wealthier nations
Domestic abuse survivor sues Armed Forces, alleging they’re responsible
Sudbury woman claims Canadian Armed Forces’ training of soldiers does not teach them not to use combat skills in domestic settings
‘Clearly insufficient’: The shortcomings of Quebec’s law for common law couples
Bill 56 gives greater rights to Quebec common law couples who have children after June 2025. But experts say the new law has many limits
Women’s bodies being turned into ‘battlegrounds’: UN
UN warns women’s bodies have become political “battlegrounds,” putting at risk 30 years of progress on women’s sexual and reproductive health