One of Canada’s leading experts on teen mental health, Tracy Vaillancourt, cut to the heart of the matter in responding to a recent report by Nova Scotia auditor general Kim Adair on the alarming rise in school violence in the wake of the pandemic. Speaking on a Halifax newscast, Vaillancourt aptly described the underlying problem — “the suppression of information” — by schools and provincial ministries of education. Read More

The mass attack against Israel came from all sides, coordinated by Iran. Lebanon fired tens of thousands of missiles and sent combat units across the border. Syria, Yemen, Iraq all sent missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. Meanwhile from Gaza, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad followed, firing so many missiles as to overwhelm the Iron Dome. Read More