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Meals on Wheels

By Gail Packwood

The idea for the Meals on Wheels program originated in Great Britain during the Second World War when many people were displaced from their homes or had their...

Routine depression screening for adults not recommended

CBC.ca

Family doctors don't need to screen for depression in adults who aren't showing symptoms, new Canadian guidelines recommend.

On Monday, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care updated its...

Retooling the health care system

Thérèse Stukel and David Henry, Toronto Star

As Canadians, we take justifiable pride in our health-care system with its long record of equitable coverage for most important services. If you become acutely...

Heroic Theatregoer Smashes Cell Phone, Gets Thrown Out

Gothamist.com

We can't count the number of times we've wanted to enact vengeance on some inconsiderate audience member whose cell phone goes off during a performance. But, like most people,...

$10 million donation will establish Dal performing arts school

Elissa Barnard, The Chronicle Herald

Fred and Elizabeth Fountain have donated $10 million to a new school of performing arts to open July 1, 2014, at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Accompanied by...

Mental Health Week

By Gail Packwood

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) declared May 6 to 12, 2013 Mental Health Week. 1 in 5 Canadians will experience some sort of mental health issue in...

We need to talk more, not less about suicide

Yehudit Silverman, Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL - Every 40 seconds, a life is lost to suicide. Around the world, between 20 million and 100 million people attempt suicide every year, and more...