Young Journalists Blog

Idle No More and Cross Country Checkup

Impressions of the program from someone who answered the phonesBy Gordie WornoffCross Country Checkup callers had lots to say about last week's much anticipated meeting...

Don't shorten our summers, say teachers and students

  Gordie Wornoff on why the school calendar shouldn't go year-round The BC government wants to give individual school boards the choice of shortening the...

Community newspapers not bruised by online news

Gordie Wornoff on who's not hurting in the digital vs. print news battle:   There are 1,100 community newspapers  in Canada, publishing in print and online,...

Seniors just want to stay home

 Emily Burke writes on what seniors really want: "We elderly do not want everything to be done by doctors, nurses and care homes, so long...

Is something wrong with the way math is being taught?

 Emily Burke writes on Canadian math student woes: Zach Bedard learned his times tables years ago in math class, but the grade eight Markham,...

Small businesses dependent on Air Canada

  Gordie Wornoff writes on one of the lesser known consequences of the Air Canada labour dispute: Adrienne Rosen, owner of First International Courier in Toronto, worries that...