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CANADA: Are we choosing 'play-to-win attitudes' for victory in youth hockey over personal development?

CANADA: Are we choosing 'play-to-win attitudes' for victory in youth hockey over personal development?

Youth hockey’s play-to-win culture means that children’s personal development is pushed to the side in pursuit of victory, expert says
CANADA: Construction completed on the largest First Nation wind project in the country

CANADA: Construction completed on the largest First Nation wind project in the country

Pattern Energy Group and Nigig Power Corporation announced the completion of the Henvey Inlet Wind power facility on Oct. 15
BEYOND LOCAL: How to benefit from unpaid internships, apprenticeships, or other co-op work

BEYOND LOCAL: How to benefit from unpaid internships, apprenticeships, or other co-op work

Professor argues that work-integrated learning helps to facilitate the transition from school to work
CANADA: Growing pains, compromises define first year of legal cannabis

CANADA: Growing pains, compromises define first year of legal cannabis

Legal sales have tripled, but illegal sales remain the majority, study says
BEYOND LOCAL: Increased demand for student mental health care straining university resources, reports say

BEYOND LOCAL: Increased demand for student mental health care straining university resources, reports say

Mental disorders are treatable, but a key stumbling block towards positive campus responses in health care has been a lack of systematically collected data
BEYOND LOCAL: Decision to deploy genetically modified mosquitoes not made responsibly, researchers say

BEYOND LOCAL: Decision to deploy genetically modified mosquitoes not made responsibly, researchers say

Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest creatures because they are carriers for many lethal viruses
CANADA: How photos can influence public perception, especially during election season

CANADA: How photos can influence public perception, especially during election season

Controlling a leader’s image via campaign-sanctioned photographs is an age-old practice in politics
BEYOND LOCAL: Survey suggests Canadian girls have more friends online than in real life

BEYOND LOCAL: Survey suggests Canadian girls have more friends online than in real life

The research also suggests that young Canadian girls may be spending more time online than previously thought
CANADA: Doctors and patients have very different views on how to treat obesity

CANADA: Doctors and patients have very different views on how to treat obesity

Diet and exercise are important parts of obesity treatment, but they’re often not enough on their own, new report says
BEYOND LOCAL: Here's where Canada stands on overseas aid

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's where Canada stands on overseas aid

Canadian aid has moved through new policies and new priorities over the decades, but coherence has long been lacking, historian says