How science solved the mystery of feet washing ashore in the Pacific Northwest
The unsettling discoveries along the Salish Sea prompted talk of serial killers, aliens, and psychics. The truth is even more unexpected.
ByErika Engelhaupt
On August 20, 2007, a 12-year-old girl spotted a lone blue-and-white running shoe a men’s size 12 on a beach of British Columbia’s Jedediah Island. She looked inside, and found a sock. She looked inside the sock, and found a foot.
Six days later on nearby Gabriola Island, a Vancouver couple enjoying a seaside hike came across a black-and-white Reebok. Inside it was another decomposing foot. It, too, was a men’s size 12. The two feet clearly didn’t belong to the same person; not only were the shoes themselves different, but they both contained right feet.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the 68-year-old woman, who has not yet been named, died of extreme cold shortly after leaving her neighbor s home in Dawson Creek at around 1am on Sunday.
Alarming numbers around men s mental health indicate need for national response
Many of our sons, fathers, brothers, husbands, colleagues and friends are in danger of suffering psycho-social difficulties and becoming isolated from society, writes Rob Whitley.
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Rob Whitley · for CBC News Opinion ·
Posted: Jan 28, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 28
Men account for more than 75 per cent of suicides in Canada, and surveys indicate that Canadian men are around three times more likely to experience addiction and substance abuse compared to Canadian women.
Coroner calls for more safety training after BC fish farm death
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Jan. 22, 2021 17:14 GMT
The British Columbia Coroners Service is calling on fish farms in the Canadian province to increase safety training for its workers after the 2019 accidental death of an 18-year-old deckhand, The Star newspaper reported [.]
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