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CANADA: Should parents be using cannabis around their kids?

CANADA: Should parents be using cannabis around their kids?

One year after the legalization of cannabis in Canada, many questions remain unanswered about the risks and benefits of cannabis use in the presence of children
BEYOND LOCAL: Museums are adapting, evolving, and finding new ways to present art and culture

BEYOND LOCAL: Museums are adapting, evolving, and finding new ways to present art and culture

Museums are starting to present visual art in multi-sensory ways that audiences can touch and feel
CANADA: Do we need a federal Alcohol Act in Canada to better regulate the substance?

CANADA: Do we need a federal Alcohol Act in Canada to better regulate the substance?

Research estimates that each year some 15,000 deaths, 90,000 hospital admissions and 240,000 years of life lost are directly attributable to alcohol use
BEYOND LOCAL: Choosing which fish to eat in a sea of mercury, microplastics

BEYOND LOCAL: Choosing which fish to eat in a sea of mercury, microplastics

There are plenty of fish to choose from, but many aspects to consider
BEYOND LOCAL: Culture of compassion needed on campus to prevent student suicide

BEYOND LOCAL: Culture of compassion needed on campus to prevent student suicide

When a student dies by suicide, university communities grapple with the fact that an opportunity for a suffering person to receive help was missed
ONTARIO: Ice hut still floating on lake in Sudbury six months after thaw

ONTARIO: Ice hut still floating on lake in Sudbury six months after thaw

Neither MNRF of Ministry of Environment taking responsibility for removing hut, says business owner whose been trying to have it removed
BEYOND LOCAL: Cursing helps you crush your workout, experts say

BEYOND LOCAL: Cursing helps you crush your workout, experts say

Research suggests that swearing can improve workouts because it raises our pain threshold
BEYOND LOCAL: How to avoid a sugar disaster after your child's Halloween haul

BEYOND LOCAL: How to avoid a sugar disaster after your child's Halloween haul

For many parents, it’s the haul of gummy worms, licorice, chocolate bars and other high-sugar candies that their kids bring home – not the ghouls and zombies – that is terrifying about Halloween
ONTARIO: Labour trafficking raid 'made us dive deeper,' says Blue Mountain Resort official

ONTARIO: Labour trafficking raid 'made us dive deeper,' says Blue Mountain Resort official

Desperation of tourism and hospitality industry to fill seasonal and temporary jobs can be connected to rise in labour trafficking, said Ontario tourism researcher
ONTARIO: 'Put down your phones. Get off Facebook', judge urges in sentencing Sudbury mom for toddler's drowning death

ONTARIO: 'Put down your phones. Get off Facebook', judge urges in sentencing Sudbury mom for toddler's drowning death

Crown blames 'distracted parenting' for child's death