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Alberta students will gain greater access to mental health supports as dozens of pilot projects get off the ground starting this month.
The provincial government has approved 60 projects as part of a $40 million two-year initiative with a second call for proposals closing on Jan 31.
The pilot projects are a collaboration between mental health service providers and school authorities using their data to tailor services towards the unique needs of the local student population.
“As each school authority and community is unique, they are best able to understand the needs of the students and families they serve,” Emily
If you’ve ever driven a car or ridden a motorcycle on a short-term contract, chances are you’ve participated in the gig economy. In fact, millions of adults in the UK are now participants in the system as drivers and riders, whether they’re aware of it or not. But how can you and other road users stay safe?
What is the gig economy?
The term ‘gig economy’ is used to describe the 1.1 million people in the UK who work in a free market system in which temporary positions are common places. The gig economy is made up of three main
If the bars look a bit emptier this month, it may be because more people are trading happy hours for Dry January.
The tradition, in which people abstain from alcohol for the entire month, is growing in popularity. In 2022, nearly one in five US adults said they would give Dry January a try, up from 13 percent the year before. An estimated 8.8 million people in the UK, where the movement originated 10 years ago, said they planned to participate this year, according to the charity behind the movement. In 2013, that number was just 4,000. Temporary sobriety is
Brian Walshe was born into a Massachusetts family with “economic means” but his childhood was hardly considered “privileged,” according to more than a dozen character letters sent to a federal judge in September 2021.
Walshe pleaded guilty to selling fake paintings as if they were originals to a gallery in California in 2011 and an individual in France in 2015. Walshe has not seen any jail time for these charges but has been in home confinement.
25 Investigates learns about Brian Walshe’s criminal background as search continues for his wife
Walshe, 46, grew up an only child with his mother,
If your doctor has told you that you need to take proactive steps to lower your blood pressure or improve your cardiovascular health, knowing where to start can feel overwhelming. It isn’t easy to break habits that have been in place for years that are so automatic that you often do them without even thinking about it.
The encouraging news is that 90 percent of heart disease is preventable through diet and lifestyle habits. Cardiologists Dr. Kaustubh Dabhadkar, MD, MPH, MBA, FACC, who specializes in preventive cardiology, says the key to making changes that will be long-lasting is making
December 12, 2022 · 7:00 AM
A few months ago I ran across a thoughtful article by Morris van de Camp entitled Love Drinking Less. It’s well worth a read if your alcohol consumption is out of control or heading that way.
Alcohol is a two-edged sword. On the one hand it makes life fun and turns strangers into intimate friends in the course of an evening; on the other, it makes a person dysfunctional. Very dysfunctional. Productive time is lost, relationships are damaged, and health is harmed.
I cannot say