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By Rachel Cohen, Amy Slater and Jasmine Fardouly Guest Writers Social media use is often described as being problematic for mental health and body image. But is all social media use bad? Our new research shows that viewing body positive Instagram ...

By Randy Boswell Guest Writer OTTAWA, Ontario April 23, 2019 — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s threatened defamation suit against Conservative Leader, Andrew Scheer, over the SNC-Lavalin affair, is just the latest in a rapidly growing list of Canadian political mud-slinging ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 23, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging the region, to ensure that its vaccination coverage remains at 95 percent, or more, noting that immunization is one of ...

By Nelson A. King Correspondent NEW YORK, New York April 23, 2019 (CMC) – An opposition Member of Parliament in St. Vincent and the Grenadines says farmers, on the Caribbean island, will not benefit, significantly, from the legalization of marijuana ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia April 23, 2019 (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Jamaica’s public debt is projected to fall, below 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), for the first time, since 2000-1, to 98.7 percent, this ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 23, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, has disclosed that her administration is in discussions with The Nature Conservancy, about the possibility of doing a maritime debt-for-nature swap. The prime minister made the disclosure, last ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 23, 2019 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) said, today, it has started a search for a new secretary general, after the current holder of the office, Hugh Riley, retires at the end of June. ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 23, 2019 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago’s murder toll, for the year, so far, climbed to 158, after nine people were killed, during the Easter holiday weekend, the police have confirmed. The death ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 23, 2019 (CMC) – The Grenada government says the late Sir Alister McIntrye has left the entire Caribbean with a rich legacy, as it paid tribute to the son of the soil, who died, last weekend, ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, April 23, 2019 (CMC) – Police say they are continuing their investigation, into an incident at sea, after one person was discovered, following a joint search-and-rescue operation with the Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) in Martinique. They said ...