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BEYOND LOCAL: How to deal with stress and safety in the workplace

BEYOND LOCAL: How to deal with stress and safety in the workplace

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta activated its emergency operations centre in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
CANADA: Ontario asks Ottawa to work with WHO on ensuring mixed vaccines recognized abroad

CANADA: Ontario asks Ottawa to work with WHO on ensuring mixed vaccines recognized abroad

Health Minister Christine Elliott and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones wrote to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and other officials on Sunday about the issue
CANADA: Feds on track to have enough doses of COVID-19 vaccine for eligible Canadians

CANADA: Feds on track to have enough doses of COVID-19 vaccine for eligible Canadians

Ottawa is anticipating shipments of roughly five million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week
OPINION: Arts venues set the stage for post-pandemic innovation

OPINION: Arts venues set the stage for post-pandemic innovation

Our work lives must provide not only financial rewards, but intellectual meaning, emotional connection and awe-inducing wonder, researcher says
CANADA: International passengers at Pearson airport may have to line up by vaccination status

CANADA:International passengers at Pearson airport may have to line up by vaccination status

The Vancouver International Airport has instituted a similar policy
ONTARIO: Barrie tornado wasn't unique, says wind doctor, but devastation brought heightened attention

ONTARIO: Barrie tornado wasn't unique, says wind doctor, but devastation brought heightened attention

'These tornadoes happen often in Canada. I’d say we probably get 10-plus of them a year. This wasn’t like a once-in-a-hundred-years sort of event,' says Dr. Connell Miller
WORLD: What Canada can learn from Sweden about creating middle-class retail jobs

WORLD: What Canada can learn from Sweden about creating middle-class retail jobs

Canadian grocery-store workers earn low wages compared to their counterparts in Sweden. Why?
BEYOND LOCAL: With rising human drug use, a collateral rise of dogs ingesting cannabis and opioids

BEYOND LOCAL: With rising human drug use, a collateral rise of dogs ingesting cannabis and opioids

As recreational cannabis use increases, so has the number of calls regarding dogs who have accidentally consumed cannabis products
BEYOND LOCAL: How to use therapeutic writing for empowerment without revisiting trauma

BEYOND LOCAL: How to use therapeutic writing for empowerment without revisiting trauma

We can put boundaries in place as we write, while attending to our emerging and vulnerable feelings to ensure emotional safety
COVID-19: The experiences of parents with a newborn during lockdown

COVID-19: The experiences of parents with a newborn during lockdown

The stay-at-home order appears to have been mostly beneficial for parents, who reported improvement in their co-parenting experience despite the many challenges they faced