Parents who steal a moment of calm by handing over a smartphone or tablet to a fussy toddler could set off a cycle of poor anger management and other problems, according to a recent study. Research published last week in the journal Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry says using such devices for emotional regulation “can be effective…
Score one more for team Start Slow, Finish Fast. If you’re keeping track of Olympic trials results — and any real track nerd should be — note that Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson, Andre De Grasse and Kishane Thompson all trailed early in their respective 100-metre finals. And each of them finished first, often against Diamond League-level…
Time to dust off your cowboy boots and hats, Calgary. Stampede season is here and will kick off with Parade Day on Friday. The parade will begin just before 9 a.m. and will start at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Third Street Southeast. More than 100 entries entries will participate in the parade this…
Charles Evans’s cabin at Gun Lake was once an old mining office, according to what the Penticton man was told. It dated back to the 1950s, was dragged across the frozen lake during winter decades ago, and plopped onto the property he purchased in 2019 in B.C.’s Sea-to-Sky region. It and over 50 other properties were…
Any athlete with Olympic dreams knows the feeling of lungs burning, arms and legs turning to jelly, as they near the closing moments of another grueling race or excruciatingly close match. For that last shot of adrenaline, they often tap into the energy provided by the roaring crowd. At the last two Olympics, one summer,…
Huron OPP are in the early stages of an investigation into the death of a person from Central Huron. Residents in the area can expect to see a large police presence. Source link
Last year, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ordered Sunwing Airlines to pay Mick Anslow and his wife $800 for a flight delay from Cancun, Mexico, to Regina in 2020. The victory was short-lived. In May, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that Sunwing can take the couple to court to challenge the CTA’s decision. The Anslows learned…
Kayla Alexander, Natalie Achonwa and Kia Nurse headline the Canadian women’s basketball team headed to the Paris Olympics. Achonwa is Canada’s first four-time Olympian in women’s basketball. The fifth-ranked Canadians qualified for the Games back in February at an Olympic qualifying tournament in Hungary. Canada went 1-2 but was helped out by a Spain win…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Parents whose children use a certain brand of inflatable booster car seats should immediately stop using them, as they pose a risk of injury, Health Canada warns. On June 28, Health Canada issued a recall for the UberBoost Inflatable Booster Car Seat, sold in various colours, due…
A number of daycares and businesses in the Halifax area are closed today and some grocery store shelves have be cleared of bottled water due to a boil-water advisory affecting a large swath of the municipality. The advisory followed a power outage at a water treatment facility that serves 201,000 people. It covers Halifax, Bedford, Spryfield, Timberlea,…
