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Why do we find tax season so daunting? For most of us, there is a lack of understanding and fear of overpaying ‘the tax man’,  because we have never been educated on finances and taxes.  Believe it or not though, with the right approach and guidance, it can be a ...

Construction of $3M centre funded entirely by private donations, clinic staffed by volunteers June Zhang manages the Yonge Street Mission’s new health and dental centre in Chinatown. The new facility allows for more volunteers to offer a variety of health-care services to street-involved youth. (Ethan Lang/CBC) Downtown Toronto has a new space where ...

A new year is a great time to jumpstart your family’s health and wellbeing by creating and building healthy habits. While New Year’s resolutions are easy to make but easier to break, investing in developing healthy habits through repetition, which can be easily incorporated into your lifestyle will help you ...

Winston Husbands is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and a member of the Black Food Sovereignty Working Group. Anan Lololi chairs the Black Food Sovereignty Working Group and is a research associate at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Centre for Studies in Food ...

For many parents, asking others for help can be uncomfortable, especially if they are recent immigrants without many friends or family nearby. Some are unwilling to admit that they need assistance from others, so they attempt to work it out by themselves. Others do not know how to ask for ...