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BEYOND LOCAL: 2023 a watershed year in women's hockey with new professional league

BEYOND LOCAL: 2023 a watershed year in women's hockey with new professional league

The need for one women's professional hockey league in North America, with the world's top players in it to unite sponsorship, marketing and broadcast rights, was the oft-stated goal for years in the women's hockey community.
BEYOND LOCAL: Canada’s agricultural policies need to better serve local farmers and communities

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada’s agricultural policies need to better serve local farmers and communities

Canada’s current agricultural production model is unsustainable and in desperate need of reform
BEYOND LOCAL: Bad financial advice comes in many forms. Knowing how to spot it can save you money

BEYOND LOCAL: Bad financial advice comes in many forms. Knowing how to spot it can save you money

Whether it came from a family member, social media influencer or certified professional, if you’re a millennial or gen Z who’s been burned by bad financial advice in the past year, you can take some solace in knowing you’re not alone
BEYOND LOCAL: Is Canada's fleet of water bombers fit for climate-change fuelled wildfires?

BEYOND LOCAL: Is Canada's fleet of water bombers fit for climate-change fuelled wildfires?

TORONTO — They're an easily recognizable part of Canada's fight against wildfires, playing a key supporting role in the annual battle against the flames.
BEYOND LOCAL: Custom-made mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving

BEYOND LOCAL: Custom-made mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving

Tulane students partnered with the nonprofit MakeGood to design and produce the chairs to help toddlers build independence and strength, and for some, prepare for a real wheelchair
BEYOND LOCAL: Wild ‘super pigs’ from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs

BEYOND LOCAL: Wild ‘super pigs’ from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs

Much concern over the spread of wild pigs has focused on economic damage, which was recently estimated at about US$2.5 billion annually in the United States
BEYOND LOCAL: Canadian basketball shows bright future for men's, women's sides in successful 2023

BEYOND LOCAL: Canadian basketball shows bright future for men's, women's sides in successful 2023

A corner was turned on the heels of disappointment for Canada Basketball
BEYOND LOCAL: Far from home, Indigenous students face challenges getting education but there's hope

BEYOND LOCAL: Far from home, Indigenous students face challenges getting education but there's hope

NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION AND THUNDER BAY, ONT. — Charla Moonias lost her friends, her language and the connection to her culture after she left her northern Ontario First Nation at 14 years old to go to school hundreds of kilometres away.
BEYOND LOCAL: Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time

BEYOND LOCAL: Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time

Her triumphant return that included her record eighth U.S. national championship and a sixth world all-around gold made Biles the sixth woman to claim the AP honor for a third time
BEYOND LOCAL: A look at most popular baby names in Ontario for 2022

BEYOND LOCAL: A look at most popular baby names in Ontario for 2022

Olivia and Noah remained at the top when it came to popular baby names in Ontario for 2022