What happens if you head north in quest of natural light during the Arctic winter? Tor Tor Sivertstøl award-winning and gorgeously filmed film 'Lysleite' is a must-see. We follow him north, meeting a ...
Lovers of the night sky and northern lights will want to look upward over the next few evenings. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a ...
Oregon State Hospital officials said they twice miscalculated a key number used by the federal government to determine how frequently the psychiatric hospital kept patients locked in seclusion. They ...
A Manitoba outfitter says a proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in the Seal River Watershed could force the eventual closure of his northern hunting camp and limit future access to one of ...
A previous bid to outlaw hunting wild mammals with dogs in the region was voted down. Alliance MLA John Blair has proposed an Private Member’s Bill to ban hunting wild mammals with dogs in Northern ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
An Ontario psychiatric hospital’s practice of keeping patients locked up alone for years — and in at least one case decades — is sparking calls for an independent review of the use of seclusion in the ...
Andrew Azevedo was on the road to being discharged from hospital when he allegedly assaulted a psychiatrist.
“Jessica,” the adoptive mother of a third grade student, was shocked when she discovered that her daughter had spent over 100 hours locked in a room alone at her North Carolina public school. School ...
ROCHESTER — Although Rochester Public Schools was included in a report as one of the districts in the state still using “seclusion rooms” for students posing a threat to themselves or others, the ...
Over 50 Minnesota school districts continue to use seclusion rooms for students with disabilities. A 2023 law banned seclusion for students in third grade and below, significantly reducing its use on ...