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By Nicole Racine; Erin Hetherington; Sheri Madigan, and Suzanne Tough Guest Contributors As we pass the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, its impact on the mental health and well-being of children is undeniable. Indeed, news headlines on ...

Spring is the time of year when many families, across Ontario, sell their homes, pack up their lives and move to a new house. It’s a stressful process that affects animals, as much as it does people. To make the ...

By Grant Alexander Wilson Guest Contributor More than 100 years ago, a jug of milk was 40 cents. Today, it’s almost $4. This phenomenon is called inflation. Over the past five decades, all industrialized nations have experienced inflation. A typical rate ...

By Deepali Dewan Guest Contributor A recently-elected Indian chief minister associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government sparked a swift and impassioned social media storm after he made a negative comment about a woman wearing ripped jeans on March 17. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, March 23, 2021) — Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana, assured investors, today, that Guyana’s growing economy will support business expansion, and that innumerable investment openings will be available in all of the country’s sectors. The ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, March 23, 2021) — The first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination blitz, mainly targeting persons 75 years and older, is set for Saturday, March 27, at the National Arena in St. Andrew, via appointment scheduling. This was announced by ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, March 23, 2021) — Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, highlighted reaching a clearing arrangement for excess orders of COVID-19 vaccines, as one of the steps that can be taken, to ensure developing countries receive their share of ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Various surveys have shown that many Canadians exist, from paycheck to paycheck, have little saved for retirement, and lack basic financial knowledge. Experts claim that part of the problem lies in the fact that financial ...

By Luisa Farah Schwartzman Guest Contributor A recent Netflix documentary about the legendary Brazilian soccer player, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, tells a compelling story of the athlete’s rise to fame from 1950 to 1974. The 99-minute documentary, which includes ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist On March 21, 1960, the world was shocked by the news of the Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa, where scores of peaceful demonstrators against apartheid were wounded and killed. In commemoration of this horrible, tragic ...