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More Canadians vote than don’t vote — but just barely. For the last two decades, the rate of voter participation in Canada has hovered between 58 and 68 per cent, and the last time more than 70 per cent of eligible Canadians voted in a standard federal election was in 1988.“The sense of civic duty that in the past has informed people’s willingness to vote, a sense of obligation to the entire political community — that is not there as much anymore,” W

In December 2017, Joy Harden Bradford noticed there was a need among Black women for a place to unpack their lives and seek help for their mental wellness. So, she started a Google doc with the names of therapists who specialize in the unique needs of Black women. “I spend a lot of time online and I catch these conversations over and over again about Black women looking for Black women therapists and I thought, ‘There must be some way where we can organize this,’” Br

SAINT-GEORGES, QUE. — The signs are everywhere. “Nous embauchons!” (We are hiring), read the billboards dotting the two-laned highway that runs along the Chaudière River through the largest municipalities in Maxime Bernier’s riding of Beauce.Even the gas station in Sainte-Marie, Que., where I stop to fill up the rental car has plastered on every one of its pumps, typed notices on 8x11 paper, advertising that it too is looking to hire. This region faces a sever

TORONTO — Workers’ advocates are calling on the Ontario government to enforce existing protections for temporary workers after a 57-year-old grandfather was crushed to death at a North York, Ont. bakery. “We are so frustrated with the lack of action that has been taken and the lack of seriousness in terms of this situation,” Deena Ladd, executive director of the Workers’ Action Centre, told HuffPost Canada in an interview. “This is not a luxury,&rdqu

NEW YORK — “Sesame Street” is taking a new step to try to help kids navigate life in America — it’s tackling the opioid crisis.Sesame Workshop is exploring the backstory of Karli, a bright green, yellow-haired friend of Elmo’s whose mother is battling addiction. The initiative is part of the Sesame Street in Communities resources available online. “Sesame Street” creators said they turned to the issue of addiction since data shows 5.7 million

HuffPost Canada Finds is committed to sourcing the best products that suit your needs. All of our picks are independently curated. At times, we may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page.Believe it or not, animal costumes are not a 21st century concept. Dogs have been wearing outfits way before millennials showed up. Louis XI, the King of France from 1423 to 1483, had a greyhound named Cherami who wore a red velvet collar with 20 pearls and 11 rubies. In 1833, Queen Victoria

TORONTO — Mental health challenges have invaded the workplace, and companies are losing workers over it. And if new findings are true, it’s especially impacting younger people. A study published Monday in the Harvard Business Review, which was co-authored by Mind Share Partners, SAP and Qualtrics, found one in five respondents, half of millennials (23 to 38 years old) and three-quarters of Generation Z (under 23) “had voluntarily left roles in the past fo

Grab your tissues everyone, because Jessica Mulroney is about to make you cry — in the best way possible.The Canadian bridal expert is currently filming a new wedding TV series, “I Do, ReDo,” which will air on CTV and Netflix in 2020, it was announced today.The 10-episode, 30-minute TV show will follow Mulroney as she “revisits first-time wedding disasters before re-making the wedding dreams of 10 devoted couples,” according to a press release.“I really w

A new survey examining young Canadians’ views on leadership says only 10 per cent picture a woman when they think of a CEO.The online survey, commissioned by the children’s rights group Plan International Canada and conducted by Nanos, polled more than 2,200 Canadians ages 14 to 24 between Sept. 15 and 24.It found all genders list confidence as the top trait a leader should possess, but only 55 per cent of girls and young women describe themselves as confident and 81 per cent say the

TORONTO — Canada’s election has so far been “largely clean” but misinformation and disinformation may start emerging during the final week of the campaign, a researcher warns.The Digital Democracy Project, an initiative from the Public Policy Forum and McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy, collaborated with New York University’s Center for Cybersecurity to look at ads on Facebook during the first several weeks of the election.Laura Edelson, a r

HAMILTON — A mother who witnessed her son being stabbed to death outside his high school broke her silence on Wednesday, blaming the system for failing to protect the 14-year-old from the “bullies” who she said made his first month of school a nightmare.Shari-Ann Bracci-Selvey broke down in tears as she spoke to reporters for the first time since her son Devan died near Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Hamilton on Monday afternoon.Two teens aged 14 and 18 are curr

OTTAWA — Canada has joined its major allies on Wednesday in firmly condemning Turkey’s military incursion into northern Syria.Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland made Canada’s position clear in a series of late-afternoon tweets, saying the unilateral action by Turkey risks rolling back the progress against Islamic State militants, also known as Daesh.Turkey’s military action is targeting Kurdish forces, and comes after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly deci