Extreme weather conditions impact global wine production

With new reports saying that global wine production is expected to fall this year due to extreme weather, CCOVI Director Debbie Inglis talked to CBC World at Six, CBC Vancouver and CBC Toronto about how Ontario is positioned better than most to deal with erratic weather events.

Teenager wins PC nomination for by-election

First-year Political Science student Sam Oosterhoff could soon become the MPP For Niagara, after earning the PC nomination over his opponent, three-term Conservative MP Rick Dykstra: National Post, The Globe and Mail, CBC, City News, St. Catharines Standard, Toronto Star, Hamilton Spectator, CHCH News, CP24 Toronto, Metro News, Toronto Sun, Huffington Post, iPolitics, Niagara this Week, MSN Canada and The Record

University groups try to stave off offensive costumes in lead-up to Halloween

For the second year in a row, the Brock University Students’ Union (BUSU) is cracking down on inappropriate Halloween costumes, receiving national and international attention: National Post, CBC, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, St. Catharines Standard, Hamilton Spectator, The Record, 24 Hours Toronto, Ask Men Canada, Washington Post, Daily Star, Daily Texan, VICE, The Gazette, Excalibur Publications, Calgary Herald, New York Post and University Herald

Who’s watching the nurses?

After recent news revealed that eight patients had died under the care of a former registered nurse, Dawn Prentice, chair of the Nursing department at Brock, spoke to the London Free Press about what the emergency protocol looks like in health care.

Should you keep a late-birthday child back from starting school?

There really is no wrong or right answer when it comes to deciding when your late-birthday child should start school, but Child and Youth professor John McNamara recommends in The Globe and Mail that parents should decide solely based on their individual child’s needs.