9+ hour, 23+ min ago  (122+ words) CBC Kindergarteners graduate from CHEO school with a fashion show Graduates from the CHEO school celebrated their academic and therapeutic achievements with a catwalk event. The hospital's school offers a 2 year kindergarten program for children with physical disabilities who require…...

21+ hour, 25+ min ago  (861+ words) As'Ontario'awaits a promised infusion of money from the federal government for the national child care program, one prominent expert is arguing that the province should focus more on new spaces than getting to the $10-a-day target. Federal Jobs and Families…...

17+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1074+ words) To keep up with world events, Grade 12 student Hanna Grover ventures online, like most teens do. But she finds it "disturbing" that violent content regularly pops up " often appearing from questionable sources or without context. The Surrey, B. C. , high schooler said…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (647+ words) Ontario unfairly denied payouts to some parents and guardians eligible for provincial direct payment programs launched during the pandemic years, the province's acting ombudsman says in a new report. Acting ombudsman Barbara Finlay says in the report entitled Catching Up…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (815+ words) The province is regularly breaking its own child welfare laws, a witness told a legislature committee, but some of New Brunswick's most vulnerable children are paying the price. Testifying as part of hearings into the child welfare system, called after…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (946+ words) Researchers say if Nova Scotia wants to improve its low breastfeeding rates, the province should ensure new parents can afford to take parental leave. Kyly Whitfield, a human nutrition professor in Halifax, said Canada as a whole is trailing the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (818+ words) Doctors in Alberta are raising the alarm about an ongoing rise in e-scooter injuries, and they're particularly concerned about a surge among kids. The number of people visiting emergency rooms and urgent care centres due to electric scooter incidents is…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (825+ words) Ban on kids using social media welcomed by Windsor parent advocate As the Canadian federal government takes its strongest step yet toward banning children from social media use, at least one Windsor-Essex parent is saying it's about time. "Childhood doesn't…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (890+ words) At the start of two days of hearings looking at improving the child welfare system in the wake of a teen's death, Child and Youth Advocate Kelly Lamrock reminded legislators that it isn't the first time government has said "never…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (235+ words) A teenage boy has been seriously injured in a crash in Metro Vancouver involving an electric dirt bike, in the second such collision in two days. Police in Burnaby, B. C. , say the latest crash happened between the e-bike and a vehicle…...