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BEYOND LOCAL: Is time travel possible?

BEYOND LOCAL: Is time travel possible?

Our curiosity about time travel is thousands of years old
ONTARIO: Boards set virtual learning plans as interest drops

ONTARIO: Boards set virtual learning plans as interest drops

Enrolment in virtual learning has dropped, and not all boards are able to offer a full virtual school option
COVID vaccination proof no longer required in House of Commons on Monday

COVID vaccination proof no longer required in House of Commons on Monday

A motion was put forward this afternoon to end the mandate and the House unanimously agreed
CANADA: Privacy bill would set out rules on use of personal data

CANADA: Privacy bill would set out rules on use of personal data

Legislation would give Canadians more control over personal data and introduce new rules for the use of artificial intelligence
USA: Man who shot President Ronald Reagan freed after decades

USA: Man who shot President Ronald Reagan freed after decades

John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded Reagan in 1981, was acquitted by reason of insanity
BEYOND LOCAL: Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

BEYOND LOCAL: Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

Alek Minassian deliberately drove a rented van down a busy sidewalk, leaving 10 people dead
BEYOND LOCAL: Small green spaces can cut through urban heat

BEYOND LOCAL: Small green spaces can cut through urban heat

Concrete and asphalt roads, and other built materials readily absorb, store and release heat, raising city temperatures, a phenomenon called the urban heat island
BEYOND LOCAL: Making video games can help support addiction recovery

BEYOND LOCAL: Making video games can help support addiction recovery

Game jams are powerful spaces for galvanizing creativity in disenfranchised communities
BEYOND LOCAL: New tech could allow chewing to charge hearing aid batteries

BEYOND LOCAL: New tech could allow chewing to charge hearing aid batteries

Whenever we eat, speak or yawn, the movement of our jaw deforms the ear canal. These deformations could be converted into electrical energy used to power in-ear technology
BEYOND LOCAL: D-Day: The politics involved in how war should be remembered

BEYOND LOCAL: D-Day: The politics involved in how war should be remembered

While not the only contribution by Canadian service men and women, D-Day takes a prominent place in Canada’s cultural memory of the Second World War