St. Robert CHS Student News
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.
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
In a society where liberty prevails in politics, technology, economy, etc., a more pressing concern becomes disregarded: the freedom from hunger and thirst. Food insecurity has always been a defining challenge of developing countries, but the span of both food shortages and climate challenges in agriculture has slowly expanded in the past decades to developed countries as well. One possible solution to global food security would be the rising practice of vertical farming.
Emily Yang (10) | STAFF REPORTER
It’s 8 a.m. on a bright Saturday morning. As you enter the kitchen, you hear distinct chattering coming from the TV, and your little brothers scream and zoom past you. Oh well, you think, as you grab a coffee and start scrolling on CBC’s Instagram account for the latest news.