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CFJC Midday " Getting out and active is made easy with Healthy Kids Week! Celebrate and connect with community activities
2+ week, 2+ day ago (84+ words) CFJC Midday " Getting out and active is made easy with Healthy Kids Week! Celebrate and connect with variety of community activities CFJC Today Kamloops CFJC Midday " Getting out and active is made easy with Healthy Kids Week! Celebrate and connect…...
House of Commons passes bill criminalizing forced sterilization
2+ week, 4+ day ago (264+ words) OTTAWA " The House of Commons on Monday passed a long-awaited law criminalizing forced or coerced sterilization, evoking an emotional moment for survivors gathered in Ottawa. The law says sterilization without legal consent constitutes aggravated assault, which carries a maximum penalty…...
3-year-old child's death in Montreal highlights dangers of inflatable play structures
3+ week, 2+ day ago (183+ words) MONTREAL " The death of a three-year-old girl from a bouncy castle tossed into the air by strong winds in Montreal over the weekend is drawing attention to the safety of the inflatable play structures. Cathy Denis, owner of an inflatable-structure…...
A 3-year-old girl dies after inflatable castle tossed into air in Montreal park
3+ week, 3+ day ago (512+ words) MONTREAL " A 3-year-old girl has died after she was seriously injured over the weekend when strong winds lifted an inflatable castle into the air during a community celebration in a Montreal park, the coroner's office confirmed Tuesday. Eleven people were…...
Woman who had to give up baby urges Ottawa to apologize for forced adoptions
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1100+ words) Christine Nayler spent only four hours with her newborn daughter at a hospital north of Newmarket, Ont. , in 1982, before her baby was taken away from her. Then a 15-year-old expectant mother living in Toronto, Nayler was sent to a relative's…...
Social services provider frustrated by video showing person splashed by boat on Thompson River
4+ week, 23+ hour ago (717+ words) KAMLOOPS " A Kamloops social services provider is disappointed by a video that shows a boat on the Thompson River spraying a homeless encampment near Riverside Park. In the video " which was sent to CFJC Today " a boat can be seen…...
Humbling and a proud moment; Midwives in B. C. receive expansion of role, new medical privileges
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (469+ words) KAMLOOPS " Just days after International Midwives Day, the B. C. government has announced an expansion of roles for midwifery in the province. The changes come after consultation between the government and the BC College of Nurses and Midwives." Midwives in B. C."have long…...
More millennials lived with parents as adults than boomers at same age: Stat Can
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (609+ words) OTTAWA " Millennials aged 25 to 39 were nearly twice as likely to live with their parents as baby boomers when they were the same age, a new Statistics Canada analysis shows. According to census data, 16. 3 per cent of millennials were living with…...
PEARCE: Why play is not optional
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (96+ words) WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EDUCATION, play is often seen as an afterthought - a break between lessons, a reward for g. .....
PEARCE: Screens, brains and the cost of digital childhood
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (491+ words) WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY, we often think of locked doors, emergency plans and supervision. But there's another kind of risk quietly shaping children's development today " the impact of screen time on their growing brains and emotional resilience. Screens…...