Centretown News

Andrea Thompson is like any typical first-year university student. Sitting on a multi-coloured blanket on her bed in her Carleton University residence, she waits for her e-mail and chats with friends who are visiting her in her room.

First-year students in Ontario universities faced more pressure in high school than ever before – and that may be leading to increased depression and prescription drug use.

Marie-Françoise Guédon vowed long ago to not send her children to public schools.