Life

Hellen Lemian, 14, raced across town to her grandmother’s house — the elderly woman was her last hope. All of Lemian’s arguments with her father had failed. She was frightened and desperate.

As kids get set to return to classrooms for the new school year, teachers and parents are grappling with the growing role of smartphones and social media in education.

TORONTO — Years after Bixi and its competitors set up shop in Canada, another bike-sharing system that some describe as the AirBnB of cycling is making inroads.

A Vancouver model who found herself in the crosshairs of a cruel social media body-shaming campaign is taking a stand against her online bullies.

Was Carl Jung, the Swiss psychologist, right about American men — a century ago? In 1912, when the groundbreaking psychologist took a ship to the U.S., he was taken aback by the way husbands acted around wives.

The bomb blast ignited the hut’s roof. Flaming thatch fell into a foxhole full of cowering children. A young brother and sister died horribly, and six more children suffered terrible burns.

George Carlin, the American comedian, when referring to God, once remarked, “He, and if there is a God, I am convinced he is a he, because no woman could or would screw things up this badly.

Divorce is often ugly, but the consequences for children when infidelity is involved can deepen their anxiety, anger or confusion.

Giulia Pugliese is a typical teenager. She likes to look good, and she’s particular about what she wears.

The chairs are larger than usual and so are the blood-pressure cuffs and even the weigh scales.