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Ontario Increases Education Funding For Crown Wards

Ontario is investing an additional $24 million annually to help current and former Crown wards complete high school, attend college and university and cover living expenses when they leave foster or group home care.


Students Collect 70 Million Pennies for Canada's Largest Youth-Led Penny Drive

$700,000 plus has been raised for Free The Children so far, enough to provide more than 28,000 people with clean water for life.

About Half of Teens Don't Have An Adult in Their School They Feel They Can Turn to

Having a teacher or another adult to turn to at school can be key for stressed-out students, but only about half of teens say they have someone like that in their lives, according to a survey by the Toronto Public Board.

Seriously: Two Minutes of Nothing But Goats Yelling Like Humans

It's not entirely clear why it took this long for someone to put together a two-minute compilation of goats whose bleats sound like screaming humans, but let's all just be glad someone finally did.  Hilarious and just a tad spooky.

International NGO's Launch Programs in First Nations in Canada

Three Canadian aid groups that have worked for years to alleviate poverty and suffering overseas are launching projects in First Nations communities in Canada.

Suicide Prevention: Detecting The Risk

Why do some people contemplate the act and others make the leap?  Each year 20 million people attempt suicide, but 19 million of them are unsuccessful.  either they were thwarted in their attempt, or they used insufficient medication, or they stopped of their own accord.  Read More.

20 Things That Will Make You Say Noooooooo!

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Poor Diet on Native Reserves Blamed for Higher Rate of Severely Overweight Babies

A recent study reports that one in 75 women in the Quebec First Nations population scrutinized had infants weighting more than 5,000 grams - over 11lbs, - 13 times the rate in the general population.