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BEYOND LOCAL: Combating cyberbullying on a digital playground

BEYOND LOCAL: Combating cyberbullying on a digital playground

Help children build empathy and resilience as their identity develops with a holistic approach to cyberbullying
BEYOND LOCAL: 'If it's not yes then it's no.' How to talk to your kids about sexual consent

BEYOND LOCAL: 'If it's not yes then it's no.' How to talk to your kids about sexual consent

Tackling the power of pressure, deconstructing stereotypes, and taking the fear out of rejection are just some of the ways to make consent clear to teens, expert says
BEYOND LOCAL: Locking people up doesn't make us safer, professor says

BEYOND LOCAL: Locking people up doesn't make us safer, professor says

Expert says prisons may not be the answer to reducing crime
CANADA: How to wear your poppy like a military veteran for Remembrance Day

CANADA: How to wear your poppy like a military veteran for Remembrance Day

The legion says you should dispose of your poppy respectfully after Remembrance Day, or store it for next year
CANADA: What does Bill C-83 really change for our prison system?

CANADA: What does Bill C-83 really change for our prison system?

The federal government says it’s doing away with solitary confinement; Researchers question whether it is just an exercise in rebranding
BEYOND LOCAL: Canada Child Benefit helped reduce number of families with severe food insecurity, study says

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada Child Benefit helped reduce number of families with severe food insecurity, study says

Researchers also say that the program doesn't go far enough to address the issue of some families not having enough to eat
CANADA: 553 foreign items left in patients post-surgery between 2016 and 2018, study shows

CANADA: 553 foreign items left in patients post-surgery between 2016 and 2018, study shows

And the number is on the rise
Thunder Bay paramedics say they're assaulted so often they need body armour

Thunder Bay paramedics say they're assaulted so often they need body armour

Union representing Superior North EMS responders looking at the possibility of outfitting paramedics with battalion armour as added protection on the job
BEYOND LOCAL: Confusing studies surrounding red meat diminishes citizen trust in science

BEYOND LOCAL: Confusing studies surrounding red meat diminishes citizen trust in science

The new study still finds that reducing unprocessed red meat consumption by three servings in a week is associated with an approximately eight per cent lower lifetime risk of heart disease, cancer and early death
ONTARIO: Drinking water at thousands of schools, daycares have dangerous lead levels

ONTARIO: Drinking water at thousands of schools, daycares have dangerous lead levels

The data is available on a provincial website but a lack of warnings to students, parents and teachers has kept the problem hidden