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BEYOND LOCAL: Children’s memory of pain significantly impacted by parents’ anxiety, study says

BEYOND LOCAL: Children’s memory of pain significantly impacted by parents’ anxiety, study says

Memories of pain can have long-lasting impact on kids, expert says
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ONTARIO: Parents have had it as Thunder Bay high school receives 14th hoax threat

ONTARIO: Parents have had it as Thunder Bay high school receives 14th hoax threat

'Call in the military, like they do in Toronto when they have a snowstorm'
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BEYOND LOCAL: Report shows that Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world

BEYOND LOCAL: Report shows that Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world

This pushes the country even further away from its international climate change commitments
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BEYOND LOCAL: Notre-Dame de Paris will rise from the ashes

BEYOND LOCAL: Notre-Dame de Paris will rise from the ashes

People around the world are struck by the extensive damage done to the iconic cathedral
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BEYOND LOCAL: Booming parcel deliveries not enough to keep Canada Post self-sustaining

BEYOND LOCAL: Booming parcel deliveries not enough to keep Canada Post self-sustaining

This is due largely to rising employee costs and drop in letter mail
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CANADA: Researchers hopeful that new drugs may be possible for brain cancer that killed Gord Downie

CANADA: Researchers hopeful that new drugs may be possible for brain cancer that killed Gord Downie

Canadian researchers are hopeful that the findings of the study will help come up with drugs beyond the mostly ineffective standard of radiation and chemotherapy treatment
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BEYOND LOCAL: Individual actions do affect climate change, researcher says

BEYOND LOCAL: Individual actions do affect climate change, researcher says

Steve Westlake says individual action is part of the collective
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BEYOND LOCAL: Is a Facebook ban enough to stop far-right ideas from going mainstream?

BEYOND LOCAL: Is a Facebook ban enough to stop far-right ideas from going mainstream?

Facebook may have banned Goldy and other ‘alt-right’ figures, but their influence is greater than social media, says PhD candidate Brian Budd
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BEYOND LOCAL: Availability of self-driving car doesn't mean you shouldn't pay attention to the road

BEYOND LOCAL: Availability of self-driving car doesn't mean you shouldn't pay attention to the road

As automated technologies are increasingly incorporated into car design, consumers need to educate themselves on these features for safety reasons
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BEYOND LOCAL: Disability is a touchy subject, but we have to talk about it

BEYOND LOCAL: Disability is a touchy subject, but we have to talk about it

Although 90 per cent of Canadians believe accessibility is a human right, our behaviour says something different
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