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Today is the International Day of Education, an important day for remembering that education is a right for everyone. According to article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, elementary education must be free and compulsory. In addition, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on September 2, 1990, states that countries must make higher education accessible to all.

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The last 22 months have been an emotional roller coaster for many Canadians and data suggest that our mental health has ebbed and flowed with each succeeding wave of the pandemic.

Fewer of us are lighting up cigarettes, but some Canadians—especially younger ones—are turning to vaping, the 21st-century way of inhaling tobacco, nicotine and a host of other products.