By Charmaine Brett, President & CEO, Ontario SPCA & Humane Society Across Ontario, families are quietly making impossible choices: pay rent or buy groceries, fill a prescription or take a sick pet…
Day: November 4, 2025
6 Migraine Symptoms That Aren’t Headaches
Nearly 40 million people in the U.S. suffer from migraines, making the painful disorder one of the most common that neurologists treat. It’s also among the most confusing. Because of…
How to Read Facial Expressions, and Why We Get Them Wrong
You prepared thoroughly for a presentation at work, and now you’re dropping wisdom to a packed room. Much as you expected, your colleagues appear wowed and fascinated—except for a guy…
Make spirits bright and tails wag at the Ontario SPCA’s Santa Run & Santa Paws Walk
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brockville, ON (November 4, 2025) – Lace up your running shoes, grab your Santa hat or ugly sweater and get ready to make spirits bright at the Santa Run…
Your Gut Could Be Affecting Your Mood
For years, mental health was seen as something that started and ended in the brain. But an expanding field of research is revealing a key player in the story of…
Tiny but mighty: Raisin’s new beginning
When Raisin was brought to the Ontario SPCA Lennox & Addington Animal Centre by a police officer who found her staggering in the middle of the road in Napanee, she was in desperate need of care. Despite her fragile state,…
Puerto Rico’s energy future: distributed solar or centralized grid?
For decades, Puerto Ricans have struggled with a dysfunctional energy system. Now residents are grappling with two very different plans for how to fix it. President Joe Biden’s administration invested…
Oregon utility tries out a faster, cheaper way to power data centers
A first-of-a-kind project underway outside Portland, Oregon, could provide a model for data centers to connect to the grid without driving up utility bills and carbon emissions. Silicon Valley startup…
The ‘After Phase’ Is Missing: Why Every GLP-1 Prescription Needs an Exit
By HOLLI BRADISH-LANE I’ve seen clients start GLP-1 medications full of hope—and stop them feeling betrayed by their own biology. Some reached their limit with side effects: relentless nausea, fatigue,…