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CANADA: Air Canada halts all flights to Italy amid coronavirus lockdown (updated)

CANADA: Air Canada halts all flights to Italy amid coronavirus lockdown (updated)

Air Canada says it will restart service to Italy on May 1
CANADA: FDA warns Ontario company to stop selling products that claim to treat COVID-19

CANADA:FDA warns Ontario company to stop selling products that claim to treat COVID-19

The holistic clinic was one of seven warned, and the only Canadian company who received a letter from the FDA
CANADA: Why people worry about radiation, sickness from 5G wireless networks

CANADA: Why people worry about radiation, sickness from 5G wireless networks

Within just a few years, 5G wireless networks will be in place across much of Canada.
WORLD: Death of B.C man in care centre suspected to be Canada's first COVID-19 fatality

WORLD: Death of B.C man in care centre suspected to be Canada's first COVID-19 fatality

The man in his 80s is said to have had a number of underlying health conditions, putting him at great risk for the virus to be fatal
CANADA: Here are the top 10 riskiest scams of 2019

CANADA: Here are the top 10 riskiest scams of 2019

List was determined by exposure, susceptibility and median monetary loss
ONTARIO: Elementary teachers to return to bargaining table on Wednesday

ONTARIO: Elementary teachers to return to bargaining table on Wednesday

The union warns that if no agreement is reached, the union will resume job action after the March Break
CANADA: Top doc warns against travelling on cruise ships over COVID-19

CANADA: Top doc warns against travelling on cruise ships over COVID-19

Dr. Theresa Tam says there is a real danger that ships could voyage to areas with confirmed or unknown cases of the novel coronavirus.
BEYOND LOCAL: Future of work will hit vulnerable people the hardest, research suggests

BEYOND LOCAL: Future of work will hit vulnerable people the hardest, research suggests

People living with disabilities, youth, LGBTQ2 people, Indigenous people, certain racialized minorities, immigrants and those with low socioeconomic status, as well as those in some professions, will face complex barriers to entering the workforce in the future, scientist says
BEYOND LOCAL: Child facing reading struggles? Don't wait to advocate for them

BEYOND LOCAL: Child facing reading struggles? Don't wait to advocate for them

Lack of access to quality reading instruction and early diagnoses and intervention of reading disorders can have significant, long-lasting effects
BEYOND LOCAL: What if emojis and #hashtags should be part of language learning?

BEYOND LOCAL: What if emojis and #hashtags should be part of language learning?

One professor asks, why not teach languages the way we actually use them?