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BEYOND LOCAL: Guns, not roses – here’s the true story of penicillin’s first patient

BEYOND LOCAL: Guns, not roses – here’s the true story of penicillin’s first patient

On Feb. 12, 1941, Albert Alexander became the first known person to be treated with penicillin. Within days he began to make a stunning recovery
BEYOND LOCAL: Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope

BEYOND LOCAL: Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope

Experiments have by no means reached the level of significance that researchers had anticipated
BEYOND LOCAL: Grunts, boops, chatters and squeals - fish are noisy creatures

BEYOND LOCAL: Grunts, boops, chatters and squeals - fish are noisy creatures

Despite nearly 150 years of contemporary scientific research into fish sound production, there was no global inventory of fish species known to make sounds. Until now
CANADA: PEI potatoes help fill need at food banks amid potato wart issue

CANADA: PEI potatoes help fill need at food banks amid potato wart issue

Feds banned the export of PEI potatoes to the US in November and is now covering the cost of buying and transporting the potatoes to food banks
CANADA: Hate crimes up 37 per cent in 2020, other crime down: Stats Canada

CANADA: Hate crimes up 37 per cent in 2020, other crime down: Stats Canada

Police-reported hate crimes targeting race or ethnicity rose 80 per cent in 2020 compared with 2019 and accounted for the bulk of the national increase
COVID-19: Hospitalizations likely to rise, but not as much as January, say experts

COVID-19: Hospitalizations likely to rise, but not as much as January, say experts

New modelling released today by Ontario's science advisory table suggests that if there is a moderate increase in COVID-19 transmission, hospitalizations will likely rise, though they won't exceed 1,000
WORLD: 'Heartbreaking decisions' had to be made in Canada's response to Ukraine: Trudeau

WORLD: 'Heartbreaking decisions' had to be made in Canada's response to Ukraine: Trudeau

NATO allies, including Canada, have denied President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's request to close Ukraine airspace over concerns that it would potentially spark a world war-scale conflict
ONTARIO: Province to table legislation making PSW wage increase permanent: Ford

ONTARIO: Province to table legislation making PSW wage increase permanent: Ford

Wage increase for health workers is currently set to expire on March 31
CANADA: Indigenous and minority languages must be included to be truly multicultural

CANADA: Indigenous and minority languages must be included to be truly multicultural

This year is the inaugural year of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, the 30th anniversary year of the UN Declaration on Minorities and the 40th anniversary year of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
BEYOND LOCAL: March break: How parents can recharge and connect with children without a vacation

BEYOND LOCAL: March break: How parents can recharge and connect with children without a vacation

Considering ways to slow down, restore and take seriously our breaks is an important part of recovering from some of the grief and damage of these times