
Natalie Stechyson
Senior Writer & Editor
Natalie Stechyson has been a writer and editor at CBC News since 2021. She covers stories on social trends, families, gender, human interest, as well as general news. She's worked as a journalist since 2009, with stints at the Globe and Mail and Postmedia News, among others. Before joining CBC News, she was the parents editor at HuffPost Canada, where she won a silver Canadian Online Publishing Award for her work on pregnancy loss. You can reach her at [email protected].
Latest from Natalie Stechyson

Who's protecting the 'beautiful, happy children' growing up online in influencer videos?
There's a growing backlash to sharenting, the trend of sharing your kid's life online — especially for profit. But as Utah joins the list of U.S. states legislating protections for the children of influencers, some observers say Canada's laws are lagging.
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What happens to your DNA data now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy?
Struggling genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and its co-founder and CEO has resigned, leaving its millions of ancestry testing kit customers with questions about what happens to their data.
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Men keep proposing to women runners during marathons. It makes some people angry
A man recently proposed to his girlfriend as she crossed the finish line of a marathon, and if this sounds familiar it's because it's not the first, 50th or probably even the 100th time it's happened.
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Season 2 of Severance just ended. Here's everything mysterious and important we've learned
The Season 2 finale of the dark and dystopian Apple+ show Severance dropped last night. Here's everything we know about what happened.... and the next season.
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Canada drops to 18th in 2025 World Happiness Report rank, among the 'largest losers'
Canada has slipped to 18th place in the global World Happiness Report, down three spots from last year and placing it among the "largest losers" in happiness in the last two decades, according to the annual report released Thursday.
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U.S. officials cracking down on people trying to bring valuable eggs across the border
Officials made 3,254 egg-related seizures in January and February 2025, according to new data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That's more than twice as many egg seizures compared to the 1,508 events the same two months a year ago.
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Is parenting really harder these days, or is it just that everything else is?
If you feel like parenting is harder today than it used to be, you're far from alone. But given the state of, well, everything these days, some people are wondering if it's really the parenting that's so challenging, or if we're just raising kids in an impossibly intense time.
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'A train wreck ... I can't stop watching': Canadians grapple with anxiety around Trump's tariff chaos
Political anxiety isn't new, but it's arguably been more intense lately given Trump's "shock and awe" strategy since taking office, most recently around the tariffs he's threatening to impose. CBC News asked Canadians to share how Trump's policies are affecting their mental health and they said they're feeling helpless, scared and anxious.
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Panama, Greenland lash out at Trump's latest push to 'reclaim' them, 'one way or another'
U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his plans for Panama and Greenland in his comments to Congress on Tuesday, prompting swift pushback from the leaders of those countries.
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From secretions to oxygen, why is the Vatican sharing so much detail about the Pope's health?
As Pope Francis has battled double pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli hospital since Feb. 14, the Vatican has been trying something new. The Holy See press office has been giving daily updates on his condition.
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