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With electric vehicle sales in Canada breaking records every year, the demand is clear, say advocates of EVs. But some observers say data shows that most Canadians still aren't particularly eager to buy one and that federal targets might be difficult to achieve.

Earlier this year, a Nunavut father received a call that his son had been beaten up at school. The aggressor —  who was three grades older —  had spit on the mans son. The younger boy retaliated by splashing a slush drink on the older boy, and got punched in the face for it. While the two boys were separated in different offices, the aggressor left the office, sought out the younger boy, and began assaulting him anew, the father told CBC. The older boy received a weeks suspension —...

The report found a lack of mental health training "had led some teachers to discipline students for poor behaviour instead of identifying the behaviour as a sign of a possible mental health issue." The representatives office scolded the Education Department a year later, saying the governments responses to the reports 15 recommendations lacked "substance, commitment, collaboration, and a sense of urgency that the mental health of young Nunavummiut deserve." While the department sent updated res...

Posted: Feb 22, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 22 Students board a school bus at the Nakasuk Elementary School in Iqaluit in a March 30, 2009, file photo. In the 2019-2020 school year, there were more than 1,000 violent incidents in Nunavuts schools.(Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) This is Part 1 of a three-part series on violence in Nunavuts schools. In the 2019-2020 school year, there were more than 1,000 violent incidents in Nunavuts schools. Of those, 971 were student-on-student in...