4 d. ago London Food Bank's Thanksgiving drive trains focus on helping hungry kids

“It's important for us, as a community, to take care of our kids,” Jane Roy said.

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1 week ago Foster parents arrested after kids taken to hospital, 1 critical: Winnipeg police

Two foster parents have been arrested as part of a child abuse investigation, police say, in connection to an incident that left a school-age child with life-altering injuries. 

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2 w. ago N.S. missing kids: Police dogs trained in detecting human remains to take part in new searches

Lilly and Jack Sullivan were reported missing on May 2 from their home in Lansdowne Station in Pictou County. Police are still trying to determine what happened to them.

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2 w. ago New York’s ban on addictive social media feeds for kids takes shape with proposed rules

New York’s attorney general on Monday proposed regulations for its crackdown on addictive social media feeds for children, including rules for verifying a user’s age. The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, passed last year, prohibits social media companies from showing feeds personalized by algorithms to users under 18 unless they have a […]

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2 w. ago Canadian kids can become Official Match Ball Carriers at the FIFA World Cup 26™

The FIFA World Cup is coming to Canada next year, and Kia is giving young soccer fans the chance of a lifetime: to step onto the pitch as an Official Match Ball Carrier.That’s right! A few lucky Canadian youths will get to walk onto the field, deliver the official match ball to the referee, and kick off the action at one of the Canadian-hosted matches in Toronto or Vancouver.However, it gets even more exciting, as Kia will also select seven standout soccer players from this group to represent Canada at the Official Match Ball Carrier (OMBC) Cup. The OMBC Cup is an international tournament scheduled to take place in Los Angeles in 2026. These young athletes will get to compete against teams from 9 other countries, showing off their skills on the global stage!How it all worksThink a kid you know has what it takes? Parents and guardians can register boys 13 and under (born between April 1, 2012, and July 31, 2016) to take part in regional tryouts happening across the country this...

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3 w. ago Haunted Halloween event to take over abandoned Target location in Toronto

Toronto is about to get a brand-new Halloween attraction taking over an already chill-inducing venue: Cloverdale Mall's abandoned Target location.This fully immersive and nightmare-inducing playground, dubbed 13 Rooms, will let you step straight into over a dozen terrifying worlds, with no two rooms being quite the same. Rooms with themes like "Deadly Dolls," "Sinister Cinema," "Pumpkin Hollow," and more will offer a variety of frights for whatever kind of scare you're craving this fall. This attraction from the team behind the Screemers haunted house franchise is designed to be an immersive cinematic experience that will live perfectly on your social media feed, with spooky photo opportunities all around. And, like Screemers' other haunted house attractions, you'll want to pay very close attention to anything that may be lurking in the corners. Each space comes to life with dra...

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