The owner of a Nissan Leaf electric car says his experience has been a cautionary tale for others who might make the leap to electric vehicles. New batteries unavailableThe difficulty of sourcing replacement Leaf batteries is well known. Twelve months after the cell died on his Nissan Leaf, Mississauga's Atif Harooni was still driving a rental car. Carlo Sabucco, who operate Sils Complete Auto Care Centre in Oakville, Ont., which specializes in EV repair, said he stopped trying to source used Leaf batteries more than a year ago. If a Nissan Leaf owner calls for an battery upgrade I say, 'Sorry, no, you go find the battery.

Jill and I are heartbroken by the recent loss of Nex Benedict. Nex Benedict, a kid who just wanted to be accepted, should still be here with us today. In memory of Nex, we must all recommit to our work to end discrimination and address the suicide crisis impacting too many nonbinary and transgender children. Bullying is hurtful and cruel, and no one should face the bullying that Nex did. To LGBTQI+ young people across the country – you are loved exactly as you are.

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Office of Advancement invite you to please join us on Wednesday, March 20th as we welcome current events journalist, podcaster, and former host of CBC Radio’s ‘The Current’, Anna Maria Tremonti to deliver the 2023-24 Shaar Shalom Lecture at Dalhousie University. Wednesday, March 20 (ADT)7 – 8:30 p.m.McInnes Room, 2nd floor, Dalhousie Student Union BuildingRegister hereView a video message from Anna Maria Tremonti introducing her lecture topic. In the course of examining the lingering effects of her own short-lived and violent marriage in a podcast called Welcome to Paradise, journalist Anna Maria Tremonti realized her sense of self-worth remained entangled in feelings of shame, self-blame and pain. The Shaar Shalom Lecture at Dalhousie University is a significant annual lecture made possible through the generosity of the Shaar Shalom Synagogue of Halifax. Learn more about the annual Shaar Shalom Lectures that have taken place at Dalhousie.

Over the course of her life, Marliese Dawson, now 51, has seen five family members get diagnosed with breast cancer. So since her mid-30s, Dawson has been diligent about undergoing breast cancer screening. WATCH | Current breast imaging wait times in B.C. patients, doctors raise concerns over wait times for breast imaging Duration 0:28 Patients and doctors in B.C. 'It's not just for me, it's for everybody'Holowenko said the delays in the current system are multi-layered, and not limited to breast cancer screening.

Workers with Children and Family Services said they fear vulnerable children are being put at risk by case backlogs and staff shortages. In an e-mailed statement, Matthew Cassie, a spokesperson for Children and Family Services (CFS), disputed the figures obtained by the CBC. But caseload data shows many child intervention practitioners have assignments in the high teens or low 20s. As of mid-February, 63 of 154 child intervention practitioners in the Calgary region had over 13 files assigned to them. The figures do not include child intervention practitioners who work in centralized intake or on specialized teams and do not do assessments.

No students injured, according to Iqaluit school’s official Facebook pageBy Jorge AntunesInuksuk High School in Iqaluit went into lockdown after a teacher was injured last Thursday during what the school called a “violent incident.”“IHS experienced a lockdown at 10:04 a.m. [Thursday] morning due to a violent incident in the school. No students were injured,” the official Facebook page for Inuksuk High School said on Thursday. Department of Education spokesperson Krista Amey confirmed the incident in an email to Nunatsiaq News on Monday, adding the lockdown was lifted after six minutes. The RCMP did not respond to questions about whether police responded to the school during the lockdown, if the incident led to any charges or if there is an investigation. The Education Department would not answer follow-up questions about the reported injury.

By Shawn Whatley, March 13, 2024An Ipsos poll for Global News revealed last week that 42 per cent of Canadians would personally pay to travel to the United States for health care, if necessary. Tasteless comments and elite hypocrisy make us angry, but if wait times are unavoidable, all we can do is stick together and weather the storm, right? Wait times are not like natural disasters. Wait times are created by professional managers. While we wait for reform, let’s stop berating desperate patients, who consider leaving Canada for care when wait times grow too long.

Brittany Davila quit her job as a teacher and became a virtual assistant. As a teacher, I'd been talking mostly to eight-year-olds, so I didn't have to be so professional and so corporate. Working as a virtual assistant does not come naturally to me. I'd thought the job was mostly just scheduling and taking calls for clients, but there are so many other moving parts. As a virtual assistant, I make between $21 and $30 an hour.

(Alan Syilboy - image credit)A piece of Mi'kmaw artwork now lives on the moon. Selection of Syliboy's paintingPeralta said he discovered Syliboy's painting at an art gallery in Toronto. Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy says Shirley Bear was his first painting teacher and without her he probably wouldn't have become an artist. Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy likens his art being sent to the moon to petroglyphs that were left behind as messages. A copy of the song, Ko'jua, performed by Morgan Toney and Alan Syliboy and the Thundermakers, was also sent to the moon.

DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0621.JPG (CBC - image credit)DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0621.JPGThe Provincial Action Network on the Status of Women is calling on the provincial government to form a new task force focused on ending gender-based violence in Newfoundland and Labrador. (CBC)The Provincial Action Network on the Status of Women released a report in hopes to push the provincial government to build a task force to end gender-based violence in Newfoundland and Labrador. "We see some of the highest rates from right across Canada in regard to gender-based violence in our province," said Sharon Williston, co-chair of the Provincial Action Network on the Status of Women. Williston said this also isn't the first time her organization has called for a provincial government task force. "We want to really see that shift in power in the gender-based violence task force and provide a regional platform for diverse voices to strategically and thoughtfully make a collective effort to end gender-based violence in Newfoundland and Labrador."

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Renu Mathew appearing on episode 6 of the The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down on March 14École Olds High School art and cosmetology teacher Renu Mathew had a blind and fiery experience during episode 5 of The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down March 7. But she survived, to go into episode 6 this Thursday night, March 14 on CBC. The throw down challenge was to create pitchers while blindfolded. “This is where my strength lies,” Mathew said as she worked on creating the pieces for the raku firing. Thankfully, when she dunked her pieces into the water to cool, they survived intact.

Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill called RCMP on a group who held a sit-in at his office on Friday (CBC / Radio-Canada - image credit)A sit-in at the education minister's office in North Battleford on Friday ended with the RCMP being called. Education minister Jeremy Cockrill said he had a meeting arranged with an individual teacher, but others, including other members of the local teachers association, showed up for a sit-in. The education minister also said he met with the group for around 15 minutes before attending to other constituency matters. Cockrill said members of the group took photos of his two staff members despite them asking them not to. "That's not the type of behaviour that I would have going into anybody else 's office and I would expect the same for people coming to my office," Cockrill said.

Ainsley Hawthorn (Submitted by Ainsley Hawthorn - image credit)Ainsley HawthornAinsley Hawthorn, the project's research manager, says some in the 2SLGBTQ+ avoid health services due to a lack of education among some health staff. That's according to a research project by Quadrangle N.L., funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada. About half indicated they are gender-diverse, which is around 10 per cent of the gender diverse-population of the province, Hawthorn said. Charlie Murphy, executive director of Quadrangle N.L., says the results of the survey indicate the need for more mental health services, across the province, free of charge, for the community. "I'm certain that the gender-diverse community will be part of that," he said.

Tom Somerville, left, and his wife, Katherine Somerville, enjoyed a vacation in Victoria while he paused cancer treatments. The oncologists have started a campaign through their website, journal articles and podcasts encouraging honest conversations about use of the drugs with cancer patients, their families and experts. The goal of what they call "common-sense oncology" is to prioritize treatments that meaningfully improve survival and quality of life. The father and avid runner treated having cancer like a battle, his wife said. WATCH | Why some cancer patients choose to pause treatment: Why stopping cancer treatment can be about life, not death Duration 8:13 Many treatments for end-stage cancer are expensive, painful and do little to extend a patient’s life.