Thursday, June 10, 2010   
Boomer seniors will be "entirely different" from their parents
Health

Some demographers doubt that Canada’s rapidly aging population will pose the kind of social and economic pressures that other experts fear, the Globe and Mail reported.
 
Statistics Canada’s latest population projections estimate that between now and 2036, the number of Canadians aged 65 and older will more than double, rising from under five million in 2009 to possibly as high as 11 million.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010   
Quebec prepares for euthanasia hearings
Life

A 15-member all-party committee of the Quebec National Assembly charged with looking into the thorny issue of so-called “death with dignity” is seeking the views of Quebeckers on euthanasia and assisted suicide, the Montreal Gazette reported.

Groups and individuals have until July 16 to present their written submissions in advance of public hearings that will be held in 10 cities across the province this fall.

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Monday, May 17, 2010   
Short-changing private schools to pay for preschoolers?
Education

Written by Andrea Mrozek, manager of research and communications at the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada

In late April the British Columbia School Trustees Association, a group that oversees public school boards in the province, agreed to recommend to the Ministry of Education that public funding for independent schools be dropped and diverted back into the public system, putting school choice at odds with tight budgets.

Funding for independent schools in British Columbia is based on a formula providing either 35 or 50 per cent of the per-student operational grant that the local public school receives, depending on the type of school. Capital funding is not provided.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010   
New dads can get the "baby blues" too: study
Family

Preparing to welcome a new child into the family and then bringing the newborn home from the hospital can result in post-partum depression – the “baby blues” – for dads as well as moms, new American research suggests.

As Reuters reported, an examination by researchers at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, of data collected in 43 previous studies from 16 different countries showed about 10 per cent of fathers experience depression before or soon after their child is born.
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Monday, May 17, 2010   
Hospital opens drop-off for abandoned babies
Life
Troubled mothers in Metro Vancouver who feel they are incapable of caring for an infant now have a place where they can anonymously and safely abandon their babies, the Vancouver Sun reported.

The Angel’s Cradle, as it is called, opened May 3 at St. Paul’s Hospital, which is run by a Catholic health agency. Funding for the drop-off was provided by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.
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