St. Robert CHS Student News
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
On September 1, 2024, Ontario, several Canadian provinces, including Ontario, dictated a widespread cell phone ban in elementary and secondary schools, leaving some content and others fuming. The contrasting perspectives on the restriction beg the question — how effective are these cell phone bans, and should they really have been implemented?
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
Imagine you’ve been captured in an insane asylum. You attempt to break out of your confines when suddenly, a large looming figure grabs you, strips you naked and starts stabbing needles into your eyes. Pretty scary, right?
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
In Canada, significant disparity exists between urban and rural settings in both educational opportunities and access to information. As such, rural communities face the dilemma of an uninformed demographic surrounding social issues, such as crimes and violence, resulting in an increased violence rate and a lack of safety in comparison to urban areas. So, what are the impacts of this dilemma and to what extent does it alter communities across Canada?
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
As the country with the highest rate of gun violence and deaths in the world, the United States is often torn between those wanting to implement stricter gun control measures and those who claim its ineffectiveness. This article aims to reflect upon the dilemma: are stricter gun control measures effective, and will they reduce violence in the United States?
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
In the past decade, nearly 500 species have been declared extinct, with reports by the United Nations estimating that half of all species are to be extinct by 2050. One of the primary measures to prevent this trajectory are breeding and conservation programs, with the most common being captive breeding. However, there is the question of their effectiveness. Are they truly enough to protect our diminishing biodiversity?
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
Imagine you’re a student looking for a summer job, and you confidently send in your application to a local bar, a car wash, and a fast food restaurant. A few days later, you receive an email from the bar saying that a bachelor’s degree is needed for the role and you think to yourself, “That’s unusual…”. The next day, you get the same response from the car wash and the fast food restaurant, and it’s feeling like university rejections all over again.
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
The arts: fluid, dynamic and vivid. Not only is this discipline crucial to an individual’s emotional and creative expression, but it also serves as a defining feature in understanding Canadian history and its culture. Unfortunately, due to underfunding, this opportunity is often forsaken in many public school environments, especially in rural communities.
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
Amongst the many dilemmas in healthcare, the rising concern of drug addiction is especially prominent amidst Canada’s recent socio-economic instability. The influence of this predicament is most evident amongst the Indigenous, who face disproportionate effects due to complex historical, environmental and physiological influences.
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
The COP, Conference Of the Parties, more commonly referred to as the COP of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is a global conference that generally aims to discuss climate change and promote scientific developments. Last year’s COP marked the 29th summit, hence the name COP29, and exhibited several improvements in comparison to COP28, yet also left several delegates unsatisfied with the results of the conference.
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
For nearly 4 weeks, Canadians across the country have been facing a frustrating reality: delayed packages and the detrimental impacts, on both people and businesses. As the country’s primary mail courier, Canada Post, fails to reach a negotiation with its workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the 26-day strike threatens to drag into Christmas — or possibly even longer.