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Canada's Young Face Shifting Social Landscape

Vital signs report offers a snapshot of changing transitions.  Read More.

The Word 'Faggot' Has been Used in 2.4 million Tweets Since July

New website NoHomophobes.com keeps live tally of homophobic language on Twitter.

Ottawa Spends $3 Million to Battle Native Child Welfare Case

The federal government has been billed more than $3 Million for its unsuccessful attempts to keep a high-stakes battle over first nations child welfare out of the courts.

This Has Nothing To Do With Kids

But we are suckers for the Antique Road Show and this is priceless - pun unintended.

Fat-rich 'cafeteria diets' Setting Canada's Youth Up For Premature Strokes

Junk food diets are leading to middle-age diseases in children and setting them up for potential strokes when they're in their 30's and 40's.  What's more, the ongoing research suggests junk-food diets may alter the brain's anatomy, prematurely aging and damaging the network of blood vessels that supply it with oxygen.

Who Says Young Canadians are Disengaged, Apathetic, not Voting?

Brigette DePage, best known as the "rogue page," James Biggar, executive director of LeadNow.ca, climate justice organizer Ben Powless and Emma Pullman, political campaigner with sumofus.org are part of what the Ottawa- based Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives calls "Generation Now" - and they're the stars of the progressive think tank's annual David Lewis Lecture.

Autistic 10-year-old Ballerina Becomes a YouTube Phenom

Clara Bergs, 10, who is autistic, dances the lead performance from the ballet Coppelia, which she has memorized from watching videos.  Watch here.  

And Speaking of Talent

Diana is 10 and demonstrates some real style!