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<b>CANADA:</b> Youth not employed or in school face poorer mental, physical health, study says

CANADA: Youth not employed or in school face poorer mental, physical health, study says

These young people may be at risk of becoming isolated, the report says
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> Drinking water at thousands of schools, daycares have dangerous lead levels

ONTARIO: Drinking water at thousands of schools, daycares have dangerous lead levels

The data is available on a provincial website but a lack of warnings to students, parents and teachers has kept the problem hidden
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> Help line launched for caregivers as survey shows increasing stress

ONTARIO: Help line launched for caregivers as survey shows increasing stress

The help line connects caregivers to a community resource representative 24/7
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<b>BEYOND LOCAL:</b> Enjoying your own company is important, but eating alone may not necessarily be good for you

BEYOND LOCAL: Enjoying your own company is important, but eating alone may not necessarily be good for you

Eating alone also affects what - and how - you eat
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<b>CANADA:</b> Barring inmates access to clean needles unconstitutional, activists to argue

CANADA: Barring inmates access to clean needles unconstitutional, activists to argue

The application states that the sharing of drug-injection equipment poses a high risk for transmitting blood-borne infections
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> Province invests up to $60M in construction of brain and mental health centre

ONTARIO: Province invests up to $60M in construction of brain and mental health centre

Elliot says the facility will be the first of its kind in Canada
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> Elementary teachers take step toward being in legal strike position

ONTARIO: Elementary teachers take step toward being in legal strike position

The union says it is now requesting what is known as a no-board report, which can take a few days to be issued
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> As federal Green Party leader steps down, provincial Green leader says he is staying put

ONTARIO: As federal Green Party leader steps down, provincial Green leader says he is staying put

In a statement sent early Monday afternoon, Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner called May a personal friend, mentor and hero to him
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<b>CANADA:</b> Elizabeth May resigning as Green party leader, names Jo-Ann Roberts successor

CANADA: Elizabeth May resigning as Green party leader, names Jo-Ann Roberts successor

May was the first Green MP elected to the House of Commons in 2011
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> CUPE says 79 per cent of education workers voted in favour of new deal

ONTARIO: CUPE says 79 per cent of education workers voted in favour of new deal

The 55,000 workers narrowly avoided a strike in early October when the CUPE bargaining team reached an eleventh-hour tentative deal with the province
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