Not All News is Bad!

After playing pro hockey in the 1940s, Hazel McCallion entered politics at a time when few women held high office, leading a major Canadian city through epic growth. Her endorsements still matter.

Source: At 101, and After 36 Years as Mayor, ‘Hurricane Hazel’ Is Still a Force in Canada

Sounds like quite a woman!

Winter break can mean weeks of food insecurity for children and their families, Durham Public Schools spokeswoman Crystal Roberts told CNN.

Source: A teacher raised more than $100,000 to purchase enough food to keep thousands of children from going hungry over winter break

Wow. Just, wow.

Hundreds of thousands of children are among two million refugees who have fled Ukraine looking for safety after Russia’s invasion of its neighbor began two weeks ago.

Source: Strangers are leaving strollers, car seats, winter coats and toys at the Polish border for Ukrainian refugees | CNN

I find so much hope in acts like this.

The letters were tucked in a small attic closet she never knew existed.

Source: She found long-lost love letters hidden in her attic. Then the hunt began for their owner.

Very sweet story.

Thousands of people in San Antonio stood in a line, which wrapped around several blocks, to enter Laika Cheesecakes and Espresso, where every dollar they spent went to the victims of the Russian invasion.

Source: A San Antonio bakery raised more than $70,000 for Ukraine by donating all their proceeds for a weekend

Amazing.

Rice bioengineers have created tiny implants that activate immune cells to destroy cancer.

Source: ‘Drug factory’ implants eliminate ovarian, colorectal cancer in mice

Exciting! Trials this fall.

The heartwarming moment postgame between second-half substitutes arrived after Kljestan shared a personal story Friday of meeting a younger Hegardt in 2010 when he was battling liver cancer.

Source: Sacha Kljestan exchanges jerseys with Christopher Hegardt after heartwarming story

Well done, all around.

For hundreds of Holocaust survivors living in Ukraine, Russia’s invasion evokes painful memories as they find themselves once again at risk.

Source: With war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors | CNN

Again, the worst in us brings out the best in us.

Some reunions were also tempered by grief, as for many New Zealanders the reopening came too late

Source: ‘Lots of happy tears’: joy as New Zealand opens border after two years of isolation

Here’s hoping we can see many more reunions in the near future.

Researchers reporting in ACS Omega have developed a portable, artificially intelligent olfactory system, or “e-nose,” that could someday diagnose the disease in a doctor’s office.

Source: ‘E-nose’ could someday diagnose Parkinson’s disease by ‘smelling’ skin – American Chemical Society

Fascinating.