Michael Snider

Globe and Mail — Multimedia Amanda Todd. Rehtaeh Parsons. What kind of intervention would have saved their lives? Ontario's 22-high school Upper Canada District School Board is trying to find an answer to that question by turning to the same social networks that can in some cases wreak such havoc on young lives. A program, called Link Crew, pairs incoming 9th graders with Grade 12 mentors, giving young students an outlet to air their concerns and issues. The results have been impressive Student Aid: Chapter One Life leaves two kinds of scars on teenagers. The visible and the invisible.

Globe and Mail — Explore every pitch from 2012 by R.A. Dickey, the new Blue Jays pitcher who brings his trademark knuckleball to Toronto this year

Globe and Mail — Interactive It's your turn to edit the front page of The Globe. Pick your top five stories of 2012 from the list of 15 and drag them onto the blank page. Compare your creation to one based on readers' most popular picks and then share your front page on Facebook and Twitter. Now get editing, you're on deadline! It's your turn to edit the front page of The Globe. Pick your top five stories of 2012 from the list of 15 and drag them onto the blank page. Compare your creation to one based on readers' most popular picks and then share your front page on Facebook and Twitter.

Globe and Mail — While the promise of genomic research may one day eliminate inherited genetic mutations, provide revolutionary cures to dreaded diseases and usher in an era of highly personalized health care, there's a flip side: As science closes in on deciphering the very blueprint of life, critics fear unprecedented legal and ethical concerns. Should we be manipulating human evolution? Have we seen an end to privacy? Will we create a new era of discrimination? In this interactive, The Globe and Mail investigates the promises and the risks of baring your genetic soul for science.

Globe and Mail — How did a game become a war? At its beginning, few saw the Summit Series as anything more than a working vacation for Canada's hockey pros. Everyone, including the Soviets, agreed on a few likely outcomes: Phil Esposito and the boys would politely embarrass the Communists; the Soviets, dominant in international hockey for a decade, would treat it as a learning experience; diplomats would tout the matches as a kind of cultural exchange that could thaw the Cold War. In dozens of interviews, the figures who planned it and played it gave a minute-by-minute account of how the Summit Series unfolded.

Globe and Mail — As I was showing my wife the crystal-clear, high-definition picture and scrolling through the channels - reassuring her she would still be able to watch her favourite shows - she asked: "Where's the weather channel?" The antenna, I explained, doesn't pick up "specialty" stations such as TSN, Diva and Showtime. " Where is the weather channel?" she repeated. "I need the weather channel. Who's going to tell me when I need to get into the basement because a tornado is coming?" I had to break it to her: No Weather Network. We spent the rest of the night surfing for suitable apps and we discovered several.

Globe and Mail — Review Video: PlayStation Vita worth the price All I needed was a way. Let's backtrack for a minute, or 20 years. I started playing computer games in the mid 80s on an Apple IIc and shooters a few years later. First was Castle Wolfenstein in about 1992. I played Doom, Quake and UnReal, then Half-Life, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces and Medal of Honor and Call of Duty. All of which, of course, I played with a mouse and keyboard. Hitting the 'W' key is the only way I know how to go forward.

Globe and Mail — Consumer electronics companies have, from time to time, forgotten the familiar adage that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Camera maker Olympus has not, at least when it comes to their excellent PEN digital camera. The fourth iteration, the PEN E-PL2 ($599.99), is a powerful and elegant micro four-thirds digital camera that features a new lens, a large three-inch LCD viewer and shooting modes that can produce some dazzling images. The PEN's new ED 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 lens packs some impressive results including close, macro focusing, and stylish-looking depth-of-field. But perhaps the nicest surprise was trying out the flash.

Globe and Mail — One photographer's view of the deadly U.S.-Mexico frontier It was the killings that initially drew me to the idea of exploring the U.S.-Mexico border. According to government figures, there were 47,515 drug-related killings in Mexico between late 2006 and late 2012, though many experts put the death toll much higher. Every aspect of Mexican life is affected by organized crime and its endless struggle for control of the distribution of marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. Most of the drugs are destined for the United States and Canada. I began my field work in 2011.