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Children's mental health appears poorer than parents think, study indicates

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By Gabriela Calugay-Casuga, Jaida McCain
| Capital Current
A recent study suggests Canadian parents are less aware of their children’s mental-health struggles. According to data from the Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth, children are more likely to perceive their own mental health negatively than their parents. In 2019, the difference between parent-reported ‘poor’ or ‘fair’ youth mental health and child-reported mental health varied by nine percentage points. Four years later, this gap had grown to 19 percentage points.
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'Influencers' a major source of election information for young people, report says

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By Jaida McCain
| Capital Current
Morgan Napper said she isn’t sure who she’s voting for yet in the April 28 federal election, but says her social media feed has “the potential to sway her.” “There’s this one [influencer] I follow on Instagram, she talks a lot about Canadian politics and the climate and all that stuff,” said Napper, a 23-year-old health science student at Carleton University.
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Ottawa-Gatineau property crime at an all-time high, most recent statistics show

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By Noureen Moghadam, Jaida McCain, Elitza Kouame
| Capital Current
The Ottawa-Gatineau area had the highest rate of reported incident-based offences in 2022, according to a Capital Current analysis of data Statistics Canada uses to track crime. The incidents include shoplifting, theft, breaking and entering and hate-motivated mischief. Experts say these numbers do not necessarily mean the city is dangerous. They also say the numbers reflect the fact that citizens have what one says is “high trust” in local police leading to more reports of crimes.
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