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Some schools across Canada are banning cell phones in order to reduce bad behaviour, remove distractions and improve quality of life in the classroom. Meanwhile, one Ontario parent says his daughter’s phone was a ‘lifeline’ when she was being bullied.  Phones impact students’ mental health, reduce the ability to concentrate …

Click here to view the video  Sophia Killawee can recall the first time she saw the effects of climate change. It was a few years back at summer camp. Her bunk had a skylight over it and, one morning she woke up and saw the sky had turned orange from …

The temptation may be strong, but the owner of Brackley Drive-In Theatre, on P.E.I.’s North Shore, has asked audience members to refrain from taking home Timber, the theatre’s resident cat.   Timber will often join people to watch a movie, said Bob Boyle, but he needs to be left on …

Jack Whalen was one of dozens of kids abused at the youth detention centre in Whitbourne. But the provincial government won’t settle with Whalen, as it did with other kids who were abused.  Jack Whalen wants to see Newfoundland and Labrador remove the statute of limitations for child abuse. Jack …

The soaring rents that have hit some of Canada’s biggest cities have also walloped college and university towns, creating a challenge for students looking for housing for the fall.  Anxious students call for urgent action to ease rental crunch. For the next year, this is what Alexandra Mussar will call …

Millions of people are contributing billions of views to chopped up movies and films, parcelled up and delivered to TikTok users’ homepages in random order. It’s turning the platform into an ad hoc streaming service — and leading to the meme-ification of narrative.  Movies and shows broken into parts draw …

An international policy struck decades ago is healing a hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic, but according to a new study — it’s also delaying the Arctic’s first ice-free summer by up to 15 years.  Without Montreal Protocol, Arctic polar cap would be almost 1 degree warmer by …

EXACTLY a week ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced the appointment of Dr. Teodoro Herbosa as the new head of the Department of Health (DoH), a position that had been left vacant for a year. Dr. Herbosa was the pandemic national task force adviser of former president Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential …

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN FacebookMessengerTwitterLinkedInShare The first stanzas of the Philippine National Anthem speak of the fervor and passion, “Alab ng Puso,” in the heart of the country to protect and hold its independence from invaders and aggressors: “Sa manlulupig, di ka pasisiil.” Today, June 12, 2023, is Independence Day, one century and …

President Ferdinand R. Marcos’ remarks at the launching of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ commemorative coins underline the significance of the 125th Anniversary of Philippine Independence. Citing a country’s currency as a mark of its sovereignty, he applauded the BSP’s adoption of state-of-the art technology in minting the country’s first-ever …