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Why batteries come in so many sizes and shapes

If you’ve looked in your utility drawer lately, you may have noticed the various shapes, sizes and types of batteries that power your electronic devices. First,...

Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable

Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than their European counterparts. That’s the key finding of my team’s recent study, published in American Psychologist. Our study identified a trend...

“It’s Showtime” debut episode on GMA trends worldwide

ABS-CBN’s longest running noontime show garners 500,000 online views ABS-CBN’s longest-running noontime show ‘It’s Showtime’ made another historic milestone, as its debut episode kicked off with...

Embracing digital spaces: How older immigrants are navigating the infodemic

Occurring in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis was quietly escalating and unnoticed by many — an infodemic characterized by an overload of information, much...

Fining big polluters can reduce environmental damage, but only if the fines match the crimes

Some of Canada’s biggest employers have a poor track record of abiding by environmental laws. When laws are broken corporate leaders don’t go to prison; instead,...

Big government, big trouble? Defending the future of Canada’s climate policy

The costs of climate change are piling up, yet almost 70 per cent of Canadians oppose the recent increase in the federal carbon price. Carbon prices...

Yukon homelessness, poverty action group shares their stories on paper

Voices Influencing Change group pens new booklet for the public A group of people who have experienced poverty and homelessness in the Yukon have put pen...

Lengthier job hunts for recent graduates could be major factor in unemployment rate

RBC report says longer job search for young people, not layoffs, behind the numbers Nearly a year after graduating from Carleton University with a degree in...

India, Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada’s elections: CSIS

Some Canadians are out money after CRA made last-minute change to bare trust rules

Tax agency announced an exemption for ‘bare trust’ reporting just days before the deadline to file Some Canadians are feeling frustrated after having paid hundreds of...