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Olympic bids detail the costs and benefits of hosting the games meticulously, from jobs created, to infrastructure built and future benefit to a city. Still, along with the facilities and memories, a post-Olympic financial hangover is often the result for a city. Do the Olympics ever make sense economically? “The records are really mixed as [...]

TORONTO, Aug. 13 /CNW/ – Classroom-level working conditions, which include class size, are less favourable for elementary public school teachers than for secondary teachers says a new research study, and this can have a negative impact on student learning. continue

Katreena Scott was a kid herself when her interest in child welfare began. Watching her mother, a social worker with Children’s Aid, deal with the heartbreak of child abuse on a daily basis, Scott learned early on that not all kids have the same opportunities and experiences — and decided to devote herself to the [...]

Canada Research Chair Mohammad Fadel studies Islamic law using the methods traditionally applied to secular legal systems.

Canadians have become such human-rights advocates that ageism is the only “safe” discrimination left. Tell an ethnic joke and you may have “racist” burned into your forehead like a cattle brand. Complain about losing a job opportunity because affirmative action ruled you out despite you being the most qualified and your “sexist” label will shine [...]

Gurov is a failed opera singer who lives in Moscow and works in a bank. He dislikes and fears his wife, and is a practised philanderer. Alone in Yalta on vacation, he meets Anna, a young woman. Anna is also alone on vacation, and like Gurov is unhappy with her spouse, whom she considers a [...]

How much of athletic success is attributable to innate ability and how much to practice or drive? Can anyone be a champion with enough determination? It depends, says Bruce Kidd, dean of the Faculty of Physical Education and Health, member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and former Olympic runner. You certainly need some innate talent, [...]

An Ontario lawyer group is calling for reforms to the legal aid system so that more Canadians have access to justice.

Newcomers to Canada are more likely to settle in the suburbs than in the downtown areas of large cities, which previous generations of immigrants called home, a new study shows. continue

In this, the so-called summer of the anti-hero, The Dark Knight seems categorically predestined. As some may have noticed over the last 20 years or so, the Dark Knight is a dark hero, and when the new Batman shares the film season with the likes of Hancock and The Hulk, the interpretive trend seems irresistible. [...]