A new, national, emergency alert system is now in place with the goal to alert you immediately if a potentially life-threatening event threatens your community. Alert Ready delivers public safety messages across the country through local television and radio broadcasters.

Developed in partnership with federal, provincial and territorial emergency management officials, plus Environment Canada and the broadcast industry, Alert Ready is operated by The Weather Network. The system delivers...

Canada ranks first in food safety performance, according to the 2014 World Ranking Food Safety Performance report from the Conference Board of Canada.

The comprehensive analysis and report evaluated food safety using 10 indicators organized in three risk governance domains. Based on the performance metric benchmarks assessed in the study, Canada ranked first, with Ireland and France also earning high grades for food safety performance.

With today's global economy, food...

From blackboards to tablets, the delivery of education adapts to the expanding technological platforms and to an evolving understanding of how we learn. So what does learning look like in 2015 for Ontario students?

“For most parents, it's been a while since they were students, and the varied technological resources now available are quite fascinating to them,” says Mandy Mabee, the manager of Homework Help at TVO.

Mandy has seen a number of exciting changes to the...

If you or a loved one is looking for accommodation that provides support and care, a new online tool might make the task much easier and a retirement home may be the right choice.

Due to recent legislation, retirement homes in Ontario must now be licensed and meet care and safety standards. Information on these homes is made available through a public register maintained by the industry's regulator, the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA).

“It comes as a...

It may seem like tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that plagued Canadians in the past, but in 2012, 1,686 new cases were reported across the country. Seventy-nine of those came from Nunavut, a startling number that represents 234.4 cases per 100,000 people in that territory.

“My research is focused on developing innovative, public health interventions to prevent TB and break the cycle of the disease's transmission among Inuit in Nunavut,” says Dr. Gonzalo Alvarez, associate professor...