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AS REMEMBRANCE DAY APPROACHES, EIGHT-IN-TEN (84%) CANADIANS BELIEVE MORE SHOULD BE DONE TO HONOUR OUR VETERANS
WITH THE CURRENT WAR ON TERRORISM, REMEMBRANCE DAY HAS A SPECIAL MEANING THIS YEAR FOR A MAJORITY (67%) OF CANADIANS
SIX-IN-TEN (58%)SAY THEY WILL ATTEND A REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE THIS YEAR -
Canadians' Love Affair with Email Continues
Canadian Internet users suffer from a variety of email abuses, but most can't live without email, according to a jointly released study by Emailthatpays and Ipsos-Reid.
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REPORT CARD ON BRITISH COLUMBIA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSYEM
MAJORITY (61%) OF BRITISH COLUMBIANS SATISFIED WITH STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
MOST (60%) THINK THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING A GOOD JOB AT MEETING THEIR COMMUNITY'S UNIQUE NEEDS
BUT, HALF (48%) OF BC PUBLIC DISAGREES PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF PREPARING STUDENTS FOR TODAY'S WORKFORCE
AND, TWO-THIRD'S (65%) BELIEVES PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING A MUCH BETTER EDUCATION THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS -
STRESS TAKES ITS TOLL
THREE IN TEN (27%) CANADIANS EXPERIENCING SEVERE STRESS IN TRYING TO COPE WITH JOBS, FAMILY, FINANCES AND WORLD EVENTS
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91% HISTORY TEACHERS SAY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS NATION-WIDE TO ACQUIRE THE SAME BODY OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE
TEACHERS RANK THE HISTORY OF "CANADA AT WAR" AS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT FOR KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT IN SCHOOL
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CANADIANS AND EATING: THE CHOICES THEY MAKE
Healthy Eating, Food Health Claims, Changes to Diet and What's for Dinner - Canadians Get Cooking with Supper Options during a Typical Week
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WHILE CONFIDENCE IN NATIONAL ECONOMY PLUMMETS TO 1990 LEVELS (42% SAY ECONOMY WILL GET "WORSE") AND ONE-THIRD (34%) SAY WE'RE HEADED FOR RECESSION (UP UNPRECEDENTED 9 POINTS IN ONE WEEK AND 20 POINTS SINCE JANUARY)...
CANADIANS IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES CONTINUE TO EXPRESS CONFIDENCE: LOWEST LEVELS IN JOB ANXIETY (18%) SINCE BEFORE 1990, 65% SAY CURRENT CANADIAN ECONOMY "GOOD", 26% SAY PERSONAL ECONOMIC SITUATION WILL "IMPROVE" COMPARED TO ONLY 14% WHO SAY IT WILL GET "WORSE" - 59% SAY IT WILL "STAY THE SAME"
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Canadians' Views on History Education
Three-Quarters (76%) Embarrassed by Lack of Knowledge Canadians Have About their History