Beyond Local

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

Oct 13, 2019 8:55 PM Read more >

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

Oct 13, 2019 9:25 AM Read more >

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

Oct 12, 2019 8:55 PM Read more >

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

Oct 12, 2019 9:25 AM Read more >

CANADA: Why do Canadians feel they can’t get ahead financially?

Between housing and childcare costs, many Canadians are struggling to keep up

Oct 11, 2019 9:25 AM Read more >

BEYOND LOCAL: The role parents play in fostering a love of reading in children

Reading books with your child means children learn to connect reading with feelings of warmth and sharing

Oct 10, 2019 8:55 PM Read more >

WORLD: International balloon race competitors crash land in northwestern Ontario (6 photos)

Two men from France survived with cuts and bruises

Oct 10, 2019 1:25 PM Read more >

CANADA: Veteran flies across the country to return a war medal to a stranger (8 photos)

Veteran Susan Giebel travelled from Alberta to Guelph to return the medal to a family she never met

Oct 10, 2019 9:28 AM Read more >

CANADA: Don't worry. Robots won't take over all our jobs, expert says

Even though the future is unknown, Canada’s employment rate has risen steadily from 53 per cent in 1946 to more than 61 per cent today.

Oct 10, 2019 9:25 AM Read more >

CANADA: How citizen science could help curb plastic pollution

Plastics straws are now hard to find. Are plastic bags next?

Oct 9, 2019 8:55 PM Read more >