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BEYOND LOCAL: Researchers create resources to improve mental health for farmers

BEYOND LOCAL: Researchers create resources to improve mental health for farmers

Farmers face record high anxiety, depression, public scrutiny and suicide because of their job
BEYOND LOCAL: Physio could be the answer to painful sex, incontinence, constipation

BEYOND LOCAL: Physio could be the answer to painful sex, incontinence, constipation

Up to 20 per cent of women have pain during sexual intercourse and up to 40 per cent have issues with bladder control. Physiotherapy can help
BEYOND LOCAL: 'Fast fashion' is modern day slavery, expert says

BEYOND LOCAL: 'Fast fashion' is modern day slavery, expert says

Consumers should ask: “who made my clothes” so that they remember the modern slavery conditions imposed on many garment workers
BEYOND LOCAL: This citizen-science initiative will help identify ticks this season

BEYOND LOCAL: This citizen-science initiative will help identify ticks this season

If you are bitten by a tick that is infected with Lyme disease, a single dose of antibiotics can prevent an infection from developing, if administered within 72 hours of tick removal
CANADA: Here’s how much a flooded basement will cost homeowners this spring

CANADA: Here’s how much a flooded basement will cost homeowners this spring

A flooded basement costs an average of $43,000 to repair
ONTARIO: Somebody bought Thunder Bay's old courthouse and now you can sleep there

ONTARIO: Somebody bought Thunder Bay's old courthouse and now you can sleep there

The Thunder Bay Courthouse was opened in 1924 and operated through 2014. It opens as a hotel next week
First all-female competitive mine rescue team hopes to change the face of the industry

First all-female competitive mine rescue team hopes to change the face of the industry

Mine rescue is a passion for 'Diamonds in the Rough' team
ONTARIO: Former mayor agrees brother was 'perhaps' too involved in town's power utility transaction

ONTARIO: Former mayor agrees brother was 'perhaps' too involved in town's power utility transaction

Former Collingwood Mayor Sandra Cooper faced questions from her brother on Thursday as part of a judicial inquiry into the partial sale
ONTARIO: Queen’s Park to overhaul environment assessment regulations

ONTARIO: Queen’s Park to overhaul environment assessment regulations

Ford government wants streamlined, faster process focused on higher risk projects
BEYOND LOCAL: Research suggests mothers of epileptic children more likely to suffer from depression

BEYOND LOCAL: Research suggests mothers of epileptic children more likely to suffer from depression

The research included 365 mothers of children with epilepsy