A new chatbot tool has been added to help youth find mental health resources suited to them on the Kids Help Phone website. Kids Help Phone is an online mental health service that is free and available 24/7 in both… »
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Framework to combat economic security threats on the way: Public Safety Canada
Public Safety Canada says it will lead a government-wide effort to develop a comprehensive framework to deal with a wide range of economic-based threats to national security–such as theft of valuable intellectual property and damage to critical energy and information… »
Canadian public may need convincing on AstraZeneca vaccine
Health authorities in Canada will have to tackle public perception in their bid to get as many people as possible vaccinated as quickly as possible. On February 26, Canadian regulators announced the approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine which is 63… »
Survey: All-Canadian division in NHL garners positive reactions from fans
This year’s National Hockey League (NHL) season has been unusual to say the least. The season began three months later than it normally would and travel restrictions between the United States and Canada has led to a mix up in… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Young Canadians’ mental health suffered in early pandemic
A large majority of those aged two to 18 in Canada experienced harm to their mental health during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. A research team surveyed parents of the younger cohort and… »
Montreal metro stations to be equipped with automated external defibrillators
The Société de Transport de Montréal (STM), the city’s public transportation authority, will install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in all 68 of its metro stations. According to an announcement by the STM on Monday, the AEDs will be installed next… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Fraudsters targeting Canadians more during pandemic
Since the onset of the pandemic, Canadians have spent more money and time online and so, it seems, have fraudsters. Canada’s largest bank, RBC, says cyber criminals are leveraging the pandemic to increasingly gain access to personal and financial data.… »
Toronto begins vaccinating people in city’s shelter system this week
The city of Toronto will begin vaccinating people experiencing homelessness in the city’s shelter system starting this week. According to a press release published by the city of Toronto on Sunday, Ontario officials confirmed that they updated the province’s Phase… »
Canada’s diplomats in Myanmar ‘appalled’ by latest round of violence
Protesters were back on the streets in Myanmar today where they were met with volleys of tear gas and were chased as they tried to gather at their usual meeting spot at the Hledan Center intersection in Yangon. The renewed… »
Canadian TV series Schitt’s Creek scores two wins at Golden Globes
The Canadian television series Schitt’s Creek, about a once wealthy family gone to seed, has won more honours–though it did not match its record run when it won nine Emmys last September–breaking the Emmys’ standard for most wins in a… »
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