mental health

Toronto mayor pushes policing reform that includes $50 million for body cameras as advocates seek funding cuts ranging from 10 per cent to 50 per cent amid widespread calls for transformative change.

Future Majority wants to talk about mental health, climate change, basic income, racial justice and affordable education when they get the ear of politicians making post-pandemic plans.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto has greatly expanded its virtual services since the pandemic, and advocates are hoping to keep the momentum going even after physical restrictions are eased.

One of Canada's best-known environmentalists and broadcasters is making his theatrical debut in a performance that explores whether people can learn to love the planet the way they love each other.

Manitoba's advocate for youth says a lot more needs to be done if the government is to save children in care from the grim reality of an Indigenous teenage girl whose body was found in a river.

Case managers assigned to assist Canada's most severely disabled veterans say they are being forced to spend more time filling out paperwork than helping former service members.

The sister of an American tourist says the father of one of the British Columbia men named as a suspect in the woman’s death isn't accepting his share of responsibility for her family's sorrow.

The treatment of migrants has recently been thrust into the spotlight as accounts emerge of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in American border detention facilities.

When Ken Price read the final police report on the man who shot his daughter during a rampage through Toronto's Greektown, it galvanized his resolve to tackle one of the major issues that emerged through the investigation: access to a handgun.

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be seeking a joint response to Quebec's new religious symbols law when western premiers meet on Thursday, June 26, 2019, in Edmonton.

A prominent juror advocate says he's frustrated and angry after a private member's bill aimed at improving mental-health support for traumatized jury members died in the Senate.

Opinion: The Mental Health Commission of Canada has done for mental health what we desperately need done for LGBTQ2+ communities.

A Swedish teenager goes from country to country in Europe, aiming salvos of scientific truth about climate crisis  at the world’s recalcitrant political and corporate leaders, most of whom are working very hard to pretend that there is no global climate crisis.

Canada's parole officers say the country's corrections system is at a breaking point due to workloads that are "insurmountable" — a situation they say poses real risks to public safety.