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Crime rate hits 30-year low, Statscan says
TheGlobeandMail.com – news – Crime rate hits 30-year low, Statscan says
July 17, 2008. JAMIE KOMARNICKI
TORONTO – Sleep easier tonight.
With national crime rates at a 30-year low, Canada might feel like a safer place to live, experts say.
A drop in property offences such as break-ins and motor-vehicle thefts last year helped fuel the downward trend, according to 2007 data released by Statistics Canada Thursday.
But the violent crime rate for offences such as homicide, sexual assault and robbery also fell three per cent, hitting its lowest point since 1989.
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The case for year-round schooling
TheStar.com – Opinion – The case for year-round schooling
July 14, 2008. Martin Davey
Two weeks into the school vacation and many parents see a long hot summer stretching out in front of them, beset by cranky kids and teenage tantrums.
For some, a shorter break seems a much better idea and it turns out that education researchers agree.
Experts cite “summer learning loss” as a major problem for North American students, compared with their peers in countries with year-round schooling.
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Slow fix at nursing homes
TheStar.com – healthzone.ca – Slow fix at nursing homes
July 09, 2008. Moira Welsh, Staff Reporter
Elderly residents of a fast-growing private nursing home chain lived with substandard care and dirty conditions for years while health ministry inspectors hit the homes with hundreds of violations, according to government documents.
Provincial inspection reports describe Leisureworld residents living with untreated pressure ulcers, lax infection control, improper use of restraints, meagre food portions and, in a few cases, accidents that left them with head injuries or broken bones.
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Market failure and child care
TheStar.com – comment – Market failure and child care
July 09, 2008. Lynell Anderson
Let’s face it – debating whether or not governments should invest in child care is a waste of time. The fact is, they have been investing for years (albeit inadequately) and federal, provincial and territorial governments have made many public commitments about improving access to child-care services. It’s not a question of “if” but of “how much” governments should invest, and how to ensure that public funding results in measurable improvements?
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The next residential schools chapter: No truth, no reconciliation
TheGlobeandMail.com – opinion – The next residential schools chapter: No truth, no reconciliation
June 27, 2008. JIM MILLER, Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations at the University of Saskatchewan
The hopes of many Canadians are riding on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that began operations on June 1.
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Echoes still reverberate from Summer of the Gun
TheStar.com – comment – Echoes still reverberate from Summer of the Gun: Fragmented services are plaguing efforts to give Ontario youth positive opportunities
June 25, 2008. Frances Lankin
It was this time of year, three years ago, that we entered a season of tragic loss; a season that saw many young lives lost to senseless violence during what became known as the Summer of the Gun.
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