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Morgan Sharp
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News, Next Gen Insider
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September 1st 2020
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, children in Canada have been hit by increased poverty and food insecurity, poorer mental health and more racism, a new report says.
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More in today's news
Canada’s top doctor says public health measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 may have made it harder for people who use drugs to access needed support.
Premila D'Sa
News, Politics, Ottawa Insider
| September 1st 2020
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B.C. Premier John Horgan has called on the federal government to decriminalize the personal possession of illegal drugs, but his own government hasn't acted on similar measures at the provincial level, critics say.
Rochelle Baker
News, Island Insider
| September 1st 2020
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The province’s four main teachers’ unions filed a complaint with Ontario’s Labour Relations Board on Monday over the Ford government’s back-to-school plan, which they argue endangers health and safety.
Morgan Sharp
News, Politics, Next Gen Insider
| August 31st 2020
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Bringing back a chief to represent nurses on the federal level could bridge gaps in the country’s overwhelmed health-care system, a nursing association says.
Premila D'Sa
News, Politics, Ottawa Insider
| August 31st 2020
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A topic that could appear in classrooms, on the heels of dozens of anti-police riots and Black Lives Matter protests, is racial justice.
Vjosa Isai
News, Next Gen Insider
| September 1st 2020
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University of Toronto architecture students researched whether civic spaces and buildings could be pandemic-proofed based on social distancing protocols and other factors.
Vjosa Isai
News, Next Gen Insider
| August 31st 2020
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Canadians may be unaware of the many critical COVID-19 projects that rely on work in collaboration with various branches of engineering and science.
Mary Wells, Abbey Israel
Opinion
| September 1st 2020
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Brent Harris’ farm holds a world map — a map that grows. That’s because the Delta, B.C., pea, bean and potato farmer’s seeds were grown on farms from Chile or China — and places in-between.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| September 1st 2020
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Brent Harris’ bean crop relies on South American seed. He’s not alone. Commercial vegetable growers in the province like Harris — who owns an organic bean, pea, barley and potato farm in Delta, B.C. — depend on seed from around the world. And despite a pandemic-induced global rush on seed, that might not change.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| September 1st 2020
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Lakeside residents are calling on the province to do more to control water levels at Saskatchewan's Lac La Ronge as they say properties around the lake continue to sustain heavy damage.
Michael Bramadat-Willcock
News, La Ronge, Saskatchewan
| September 1st 2020
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From the archives
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Steph Wechsler
News, Energy
| November 30th 2018
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