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ONTARIO: Beaver torture video sparks investigation

ONTARIO: Beaver torture video sparks investigation

The animal was hit with rocks until it became motionless
CANADA: Is our recycling industry broken?

CANADA: Is our recycling industry broken?

More and more recycling is being sent to landfill, fewer items are being accepted, and the financial toll for some municipalities is huge
CANADA: Why do wrongful convictions happen?

CANADA: Why do wrongful convictions happen?

False confessions, investigators with tunnel vision can both lead to wrongful convictions
BEYOND LOCAL: 100 years later, here's what we can learn from the Winnipeg general strike

BEYOND LOCAL: 100 years later, here's what we can learn from the Winnipeg general strike

The combination of economic restructuring, implementing new technologies and governments responding poorly to climate change could create a major social crisis in Canada, says Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociolohy
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