By Dr. Lisa Simon, Associate Medical Officer of Health Deciding how to feed a new baby is one of many important decisions new parents will make. Breastfeeding is a natural method and offers parents and children several benefits. Many health organizations, including the Canadian Paediatric Society, Health Canada and the […]
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Listen Up! It’s time we woke up | Commentary
Photo: This is a still of a shocking video of Hamas parading German-Israeli citizen Shani Louk who was kidnapped from a music festival. Her mother has reported that she is in critical condition but alive. She was one of an estimated 150 people kidnapped by Hamas and at least 1,300 […]
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Listen Up! A stain on Canada: A guest post by Sally Barnes | Commentary
This Listen Up! guest post is by Sally Barnes. Hugh Mackenzie will be taking a break from Listen Up! over the next few weeks. An irreparable stain has been added to the Canadian postcard of friendly, law-abiding, peace-loving people, pristine mountains of snow, virgin forests, and sparkling lakes. Recent headlines […]
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Listen Up! Is the so-called housing crisis mainly a crisis of expectations?: A guest post by Hugh Holland | Commentary
This Listen Up! guest post is by Hugh Holland. Hugh Mackenzie will be taking a break from Listen Up! over the next few weeks. By Hugh Holland We are hearing a lot lately about a housing crisis. What are the basic factors and issues creating this so-called “crisis”? The following chart […]
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Listen Up! Isolationism isn’t the answer | Commentary
Yesterday in Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky left the Royal York Hotel to face a large crowd of protesters objecting to Zelensky’s presence with shouting and placards saying such things as “FxxK you” and “Get out of our country”. Veteran Journalist Andrew Coyne reacted to […]
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Local teen vaping numbers skyrocket
By Dr. Charles Gardner, Medical Officer of Health The landscape of commercial tobacco and nicotine products has become more complex with the arrival of vaping products containing nicotine, which includes electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), the primary users of which are youth. While smoking among youth continues to be at an all-time […]
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Listen Up! Culture War | Commentary
Whether we want to admit it or not, whether we agree with it or not, it is becoming more and more clear that Canada has entered an era of cultural wars and we need to take serious note of this. We can no longer be comfortable that this is just […]
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Listen Up! Beware of a walk in the snow | Commentary
Conservatives across the country who are interested in federal politics must be feeling pretty happy right now. Their party is polling fourteen points ahead of the governing Liberals, a significant lead, even if the election is years away. Also, Tory leader Pierre Poilievre, at their convention on Friday, delivered a […]
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