RELATED STORIES Warning: This interview contains mild spoilers from the premiere of Netflix’s Grand Army. Netflix’s newest teen addiction is no Riverdale — and that’s a very good thing. Loosely based on a 2013 play by series creator Katie Cappiello, Grand Army follows five diverse students at a public high school in Brooklyn. The series, which […]
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Secret Society of Second-Born Royals Trailer: Skylar Astin Guides Rebel Teens Into Battle on Disney+ This Summer
A first-born royal may inherit the throne, but on Disney+, it’s the younger sibling that rules. All that and more is explained in the just-released trailer for Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, a new movie premiering Friday, July 17. Watch: The movie stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee (Andi Mack) as Sam, a “rebellious teenage royal who […]
Lack of sleep is ‘epidemic’ amongst Canadian teens, here’s why it has doctors worried
Lack of sleep has become a huge problem for Canadian adolescents, says a Sick Kids sleep expert, adding that, ‘in 20 years time, we’re going to see a whole generation of adults who are functioning sub-optimally.’
‘If you don’t ask, then you won’t know’: family doctors guided on care for transgender teens
Health of people who are transgender, a community that sees high rates of depression, focus of Canadian medical journal’s special issue.
Many teens resist allure of smartphone ‘catnip’ — but some still struggle
The seemingly irresistible draw of social media scrolls on smartphones can be hard to withstand. But some teens are finding ways to strike a balance. Studies have found slight associations between spending five hours or more online and poorer adolescent well-being in surveys.
GTA Utah: Teens take joyride in a stolen private plane
Two teenage boys have been arrested after stealing an airplane from a private airstrip in rural Utah. For rebellious teens across America, ‘borrowing’ someone else’s car for a short ride is something of a right of passage – but two Utah teens took the joyride to new heights, stealing an airplane from a private airstrip and taking […]
More teens in Sask. are smokers than in any other province: Health Canada survey
Saskatchewan teens are smoking almost three times more than their peers in other provinces, according to newly released numbers.
Riverdale Flashback First Look: See the Teens Play Their Parents in New Photos
Riverdale is turning back the clock in Season 3… and it turns out that Archie and the gang look pretty fly in ’90s fashions. (“Fly” was a compliment back in the ’90s, you see.) In the CW teen drama’s Nov. 7 episode, titled “The Midnight Club,” we flash back to when the Riverdale parents were […]
Study shows HPV vaccination does not cause riskier sexual behaviour among teens
A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows teenage girls in B.C. are waiting longer to have sex and are more likely to use contraception than they were before the HPV vaccine was made available in public schools in 2008.
Obese teens having heart surgery at 15
TEENAGERS as young as 15 are having heart surgery for blocked arteries caused by overeating, shock figures show. The teenagers, all diagnosed as obese, were implanted with a stent to unclog major blood vessels.