Rail Work Stoppage, Cellphone Free Classrooms, and Playing Video Games for Mental Health

‌The Federal government has ordered rail workers back to work, avoiding strike action from Canada’s two major railways. What comes next in this saga and could this situation have been avoided? We explore the topic with Bruce Curran, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. Next, the kids are getting set to return to class this week, and for many it will be the first year where cell phones will no longer be welcomed in the classroom. We discuss the change and what parents and students need to know moving ahead with Mark Bylsma, Policy Coordinator with the Calgary Board of Education. Finally, could playing ‘video games’ for a couple of hours a day have a ‘positive impact’ on your mental health? Well that just may be the case, according to a new study on the topic. We get details on the research from Dr. Ted Jablonski, our ‘on-call’ family physician.