Canadians recently had the opportunity to meet a human rights hero—and someone they helped free from jail.

In 2009, Mexican police tortured and falsely accused Ángel Amílcar Colón Quevedo, and he spent the next five years in prison until a campaign backed by Canadians helped free him. Recently Ángel visited Canada and met with some of the people who worked for his release.

Ángel had been a human rights defender in Honduras, working for the rights of the Garifuna...

Selecting and purchasing a new car is an exciting, empowering experience. Whether it is your first car or a new vehicle to accommodate your growing family, it brings with it many possibilities.

At the same time, with so many considerations to think about, it can involve some tough decisions.

“There's a lot more to buying a new car then selecting a vehicle and driving it off the lot,” says Ryan Michel, senior vice president and chief risk officer at Allstate Insurance...

The No.1 bad habit in this country is spending money we don't have, according to the latest observations of financial experts.

Numerous reports show that household debt has reached record levels in Canada. Caused by a number of debt instruments, credit card balances are part of this equation. Often credit card debt is something people push aside, assuming it'll work itself out – eventually. But this avoidance soon impacts the rest of their lives. For example, if your average monthly...

In 2014, the government of Ontario completed its five year implementation of full-day kindergarten (FDK) for all four and five-year-olds. Whereas other classrooms generally have one professional leading the class – a teacher – FDK classrooms are staffed with a teaching team of two professionals – one teacher and one registered early childhood educator (RECE).

This model was chosen because of the complementary skills brought to the classroom by each professional. Together, the...

.....one lulu of a cold front.

No, not cool front. This one was cold, the one that cranks up the outdoor A/C following upper 90s temps. Get this: We didn't even make it to 80 degrees this afternoon (77 was as high as it got, with overcast clouds overhead). This is August in North Texas, and on this very day, it couldn't even reach 80, let alone 90. Usually at this time of the year, the lows are 80 and the highs are 100 to 104. This was no ordinary summer...