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This is for all the expectant families out there. We all love our moms, but does the idea of having your mom at your birth make you shudder and consider moving to another country to have your baby? And even if it's not quite that bad, do you still feel a little less than certain about having your loved ones hang out in the delivery room while you're in labour?

OTTAWA — The price for registering Canada's outrage over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi went up exponentially Thursday, as Justin Trudeau revealed the penalty for cancelling a $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia would be "in the billions of dollars."

Halloween is nearly here, but there's still plenty of time to throw together a creative costume for the fierce gal in your life.

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP has walked back using the term "fake news" after sparking backlash with a tweet about an award-winning journalist last week.

Who knew The Mountain from "Game of Thrones" was such a softie?

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who plays Ser Gregor Clegane on the hit HBO show — and who just happens to hold the title of World's Strongest Man — got married in Iceland over the weekend to his Canadian girlfriend Kelsey Morgan Henson.

To celebrate the occasion, Björnsson shared a sweet tribute to his wife on Instagram.

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"Grey's Anatomy" is a great show if you're into love triangles and unusually dramatic deaths. But it's important to remember that it's fiction and the actors are only playing doctors. They are not real-life medical experts — a fact that came into focus when Ellen Pompeo, who plays main character Meredith Grey, publicized incorrect information about ovarian cancer during an appearance on "The Ellen Show" on Tuesday.

If you're like most parents, all you want for your kid is for them to be healthy. That includes getting them the recommended vaccines to help prevent disease. In fact, nearly 90 per cent of children in Canada are immunized against a range of ailments before their second birthday.

TORONTO — Several Canadian companies have kept silent on whether they're attending a major Saudi Arabia investment conference after the event was overshadowed by the apparent murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

OTTAWA — Canada Post employees are holding rotating strikes in Sherbrooke, Que., Calgary and Kelowna, B.C., ending two days of work stoppage in the Greater Toronto Area that forced the closure of the Crown Corporation's largest sorting plants.

The Duchess of Sussex arrived in Tonga on Thursday for the third leg of her 16-day royal tour. Naturally, the mom-to-be made a standout fashion choice, stepping off the plane in a long-sleeved red floral dress from Self-Portrait.

Christina Hassan was on an undergraduate co-op term in Uganda the first time she witnessed a mother die during childbirth.

OTTAWA — The federal government is warning newcomers that stiffer impaired driving and cannabis-related penalties could lead to their removal from Canada.

Quebec's new Coalition Avenir Quebec government says it will go a step further in restricting religious symbols, prohibiting all public servants from wearing the chador, niqab or burka.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to be inching closer Wednesday to cancelling Canada's $15-billion deal to sell light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.

It's very hard to reassure parents about a rare illness causing limb paralysis in children because so little is known, according to the president of the Canadian Paediatric Society.