As the outdoor sports season gears up, many parents are wondering how to keep their kids safe and prevent injuries.

What can you do to ensure your children are playing safe? How do you treat minor scrapes and injuries? What are the best preventive measures you should take to keep injury at bay?

On Tuesday, May 27 Dr. Laura Purcell, chair of the Pediatric Sport Medicine Committee at CASM, took your questions on children's sports injuries.

Read her answers below.

Travelling alone is an adventure within itself, but imagine backpacking through remote parts of the world when your main mode of transportation happens to be a wheelchair.

Walt Balenovich has explored Zambia to Indonesia with little more than his wits, a smile and his trusty blue chair. You can read about his adventures in his new book "Travels in a Blue Chair: Alaska to Zambia, Ushuaia to Uluru."

Walt Balenovich

On Thursday, May 22 he took your questions on the joys of travelling alone, how to prepare for your first solo trip, and overcoming adversity in places that may not be wheelchair friendly.

Read his answers below.

While there hasn't been a major earthquake in Canada for some time, seismic safety experts warn that parts of the country are vulnerable to the natural disaster.

What can you do to prepare for an earthquake? How can you safeguard your home?

On Saturday, May 17 Paul Kovacs, Executive Director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, took your questions on earthquake safety.

Read his answers below.

The Canadian government recently announced that Justice Harry LaForme would lead a federal commission that will dig through and hear personal stories from survivors of the residential school system.

The five-year commission will give voice to victims and take steps towards healing for those who suffered through the schools' systemic abuse.

On Thursday, May 8 Justice LaForme took your questions on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Read his answers after the jump.

According to Mel Fruitman, vice-president of the Consumers' Association of Canada, Canada is not immune from the growing global food crisis.

How will Canadians be impacted? What foods are already rising in price? What other effects will food inflation have on consumers?

On Thursday, May 8 Mel Fruitman took your questions on food prices and consumption.

Read his answers after the jump.