Archive 1997-2016
By Jon Filson
The real threat to kids today is chairs. Ontario’s chief coroner Dr. James Cairns has declared that chairs — old reclining chairs to be exact — are dangerous to kids. He’s concerned that young children can get their heads caught in the space between the footrest and the seat and suffocate.
By Craig Babstock
Marino Sani of the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police says the only violent act he hasn’t seen in a schoolyard is a shootout.
And that may not be too far off, because he says many guns are confiscated along with all the knives he finds on students.
By Lindsey Parry
When Suzanne Banks’ nine-year-old son was paired with a Big Brother, she quickly noticed changes in his self-esteem.
“Right away, he thrived on it,” she says. “He’d never had a confident male role model. He really wanted to find his male identity. Now, that’s not an issue.”
All right class, pull out your pencils and a piece of paper — we’re going to do some quick math.
Now, I know you all had to learn your long division last week, but we’re going to scrap that for now. The provincial government has come up with this new math and we’ve got to learn it as a part of the brand new curriculum.