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BEYOND LOCAL: Former union boss Jerry Dias accepted money from supplier, Unifor alleges

BEYOND LOCAL: Former union boss Jerry Dias accepted money from supplier, Unifor alleges

Unifor did not identify the companies who bought the COVID-19 rapid test kits or the supplier
CANADA: Behind the scenes of the removal of residential schools memorial from Parliament Hill

CANADA: Behind the scenes of the removal of residential schools memorial from Parliament Hill

Memorial was one of many that popped up across the country as Canadians were confronted with the horrors Indigenous children faced when removed from their families and forced to attend these institutions over more than a century
ONTARIO: SickKids to receive three more pediatric cancer patients, their families from Ukraine

ONTARIO: SickKids to receive three more pediatric cancer patients, their families from Ukraine

The patients and their families will be arriving within 36 hours
BEYOND LOCAL: Guelph artist creates Putin-inspired deli meat face to raise funds for Ukraine

BEYOND LOCAL: Guelph artist creates Putin-inspired deli meat face to raise funds for Ukraine

Commission from t-shirt sales with the image will be donated to the Red Cross for Ukrainian relief
BEYOND LOCAL: Tire residue chemical in rain runoff kills fish in urban streams, research finds

BEYOND LOCAL: Tire residue chemical in rain runoff kills fish in urban streams, research finds

Link between fish fatalities and such residue was first revealed in a 2021 paper that concluded the kills were due to a contaminant formed from the residue tires leave on roads as they wear
BEYOND LOCAL: AI maps psychedelic ‘trip’ experiences to regions of the brain – opening new route to psychiatric treatments

BEYOND LOCAL: AI maps psychedelic ‘trip’ experiences to regions of the brain – opening new route to psychiatric treatments

Researchers have found that psychedelics can dramatically reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety, PTSD, substance abuse and other psychiatric conditions
BEYOND LOCAL: Guns, not roses – here’s the true story of penicillin’s first patient

BEYOND LOCAL: Guns, not roses – here’s the true story of penicillin’s first patient

On Feb. 12, 1941, Albert Alexander became the first known person to be treated with penicillin. Within days he began to make a stunning recovery
BEYOND LOCAL: Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope

BEYOND LOCAL: Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope

Experiments have by no means reached the level of significance that researchers had anticipated
BEYOND LOCAL: Grunts, boops, chatters and squeals - fish are noisy creatures

BEYOND LOCAL: Grunts, boops, chatters and squeals - fish are noisy creatures

Despite nearly 150 years of contemporary scientific research into fish sound production, there was no global inventory of fish species known to make sounds. Until now
CANADA: PEI potatoes help fill need at food banks amid potato wart issue

CANADA: PEI potatoes help fill need at food banks amid potato wart issue

Feds banned the export of PEI potatoes to the US in November and is now covering the cost of buying and transporting the potatoes to food banks