Every summer, Statistics Canada releases crime rate and crime severity data for the previous year. This year, Canada's Crime Severity Index (CSI) increased by 4.3 percent, the violent CSI increased by 4.6 percent, and the ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2023
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Europe braced for record-smashing heat Tuesday as withering heatwaves across the globe showed no signs of easing and Greece battled wildfires that forced people to flee their homes.
Environment
Jul 18, 2023
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Providing access to housing, debt, and benefit advice within food banks could help lift people out of poverty—according to a University of East Anglia study.
Economics & Business
Jul 13, 2023
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Smoke from Canada's worst-ever wildfires was severely impacting air quality Wednesday across Ontario and at least 15 US states, with monitors warning that over one hundred million people face potentially unhealthy conditions.
Environment
Jun 28, 2023
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It's been a year since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, and the predictions by several experts that the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2023
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Like many countries on the African continent, Kenya's population is growing—fast. The country's population was 8.1 million in 1963; today it stands at about 55 million people. More people have moved into urban areas too. ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2023
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American 13-year-olds continue to struggle academically in the wake of the pandemic, especially in mathematics, according to official data out Wednesday.
Education
Jun 21, 2023
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Black Canadians see workplaces as the epicenter of racial discrimination and unfairness, according to the Black Canadian National Survey (BCNS) research project by York University's Institute for Social Research (ISR).
Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2023
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The tragic war underway in Sudan will soon start to impact neighboring countries, as refugees cross borders to flee the violence. Recurring civil conflicts have already displaced up to 3.2 million Sudanese internally. The ...
Environment
May 26, 2023
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Known as the "plant destroyer," the genus Phytophthora is considered one of the most important groups of plant pathogens—causing significant economic and environmental losses throughout history and into today. There are ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2023
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