Forty years ago when television was king, women used to joke about setting the table with the remote control placed next to the fork, so addicted were people to TV. Flash forward to today’s screen culture and you find many children spend more time on screens than they do sleeping or with a full- or…
In Crowded NB Hospital, 88-Year-Old Awaiting Nursing Home Placed in Supply Room
The daughter of an 88-year-old woman who spent part of Thursday in a supply room at an overcrowded New Brunswick hospital says she’s alarmed by the shortages of space and staff in the province’s health facilities. Karen Totten photographed her mother Irene MacNeill of Barnesville, N.B., lying in a supply room at the Saint John Regional…
56% of Canadians Parents Say Pandemic Impacted Their Kids Negatively: Report
More than half of Canadian parents say the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted their kids negatively, a new report finds. Released by human resources firm LifeWorks on Aug. 17, the company’s monthly mental health index found that 56 percent of Canadians say their children’s mental health and development worsened over the last two years due to…
‘Beggars Corporation:’ Novel Way to Transform Lives and Solve a Threat to India’s National Security
VARANASI—Every day scores of beggars line the banks of the river Ganges in the city of Varanasi where pilgrims pour in from around India to cremate their loved ones, perform the rituals of life and death, or visit the ancient temples that dwell in the world’s longest continuously inhabited city. The city is the parliamentary…
‘Beggars Corporation:’ Novel Way to Transform Lives in India, Solve National Security Threat
VARANASI, India—Every day, scores of beggars line the banks of the river Ganges in the city of Varanasi, where pilgrims pour in from across India to cremate their loved ones, perform the rituals of life and death, or visit the ancient temples in the world’s longest continuously inhabited city. The city, which is part of…
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