Blog Posts by Meredith Martin

The rollout of full-day kindergarten has been underway for a year-and-a-half now, and it seemed like a good time to ask Ontario's Minister of Education, Laurel Broten, how it's going. Before doing that, though, I wanted to ask some educators and parents who've experienced it what they think. Here's what I found out.

Some six million people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the Congo civil war began in 1998. Although "The Great War of Africa" officially ended in 2003, many conflicts, particularly in the eastern part of the country, have continued, and the death toll has continued to rise. Now, tensions are running high once again because of an election that was fraught with irregularities, and the western world looks on in silence. What should Canada's roll be in the DRC?

For the past two Fridays I’ve spent the better part of my day at the Youth Leaving Care Hearings put on by the office of Children and Youth Advocate, Irwin Elman. The issues ranged from the quality of care given to the youth by their social workers to the amount of financial assistance they receive until they are graduated from the system.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been in office for a year now. We look at the promises he made while campaiging: which ones has he kept and which ones are left on the to-do list.