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Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre is now offering a unique vaccination clinic for children and youth who need extra support. The full-service pediatric vaccination clinic provides individualized support to help alleviate patients’ anxieties around needles or medical procedures. The clinic provides pediatric-trained staff, including a nurse practitioner, registered …
Read More »Northern youth help build house in Dominican Republic – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Students from Northern Manitoba returned to Winnipeg today after a trip to the Dominican Republic to help a family build a home. The group consisted of 22-volunteers from three Northern First Nations. Organizers from the trip say going to the Dominican helped …
Read More »Youth stabbed near Square One mall after altercation: Peel police – Toronto
Peel Regional Police told Global News Saturday a young person had been sent to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries after an altercation with another young person near Square One mall in Mississauga, Ont., Friday night. Officers responded to calls reporting the incident shortly before 11 p.m. “An altercation between two …
Read More »Tobacco industry ‘aggressively’ targeting youth with ‘manipulative’ tactics: WHO – National
The global tobacco industry is using “manipulative” tactics to “aggressively” target and hook youth on smoking across the globe, warns the World Health Organization, which is calling for a ban on the sale of tobacco and nicotine-related products to minors. Globally, an estimated 37 million children aged 13 to 15 …
Read More »Manitoba’s cut to youth summer job program leaves some groups scrambling – Winnipeg
The Manitoba government said it was open to discussions Tuesday after facing criticism for cutting support to a major summer job program. The NDP government, elected in October, has reduced funding to the Green Team program this year by $4 million, to $5.6 million. The program helps non-profits, municipalities and …
Read More »Sea Bears to host free youth basketball camp in Brandon – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Players and coaches with the Winnipeg Sea Bears will be in Brandon, Man., later this month for a free youth basketball camp. Winnipeg’s pro basketball team announced Wednesday that it’s partnering with Brandon University for the camp, which is open to kids …
Read More »Black youth face multiple barriers accessing mental health care, experts say – National
Black youth in Canada face multiple barriers in getting access to mental health services — and health-care providers can make the situation more difficult, experts say. The Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario is holding a conference in Toronto on Saturday for family doctors, nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and …
Read More »How toy guns brandished by Ontario youth in ‘assassins game’ is prompting real fear
A live-action game in which high school students try to outdo each other with water pistols or Nerf guns that look like realistic firearms has once again forced an Ontario police service to issue a public alert. Halton, Ont., police say seven incidents over the past week in which residents …
Read More »Liberal government turning to influencers to appeal to Canadian youth – National
Dennis Mathu and Stephanie Gordon first started posting financial-advice videos on YouTube three years ago — a side hustle that helped to scratch a creative itch. They never imagined it would lead them down some of the most powerful political corridors in Canada. Mathu and Gordon — Steph & Den, …
Read More »Texas man sentenced to 14 years for child pornography involving Ontario youth
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man from Texas has been sentenced to 14 years in prison following a cross-border child luring investigation involving police in Ontario and the United States. According to Quinte West OPP, in April 2019, officers launched a child exploitation material and child …
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