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General information, not medical advice. For anything about your own health, talk to a healthcare provider.
- Everyday LifePeriod products at work: the federal rule in CanadaSince 15 December 2023, federal regulations say: “The employer shall provide menstrual products, including clean and hygienic tampons and menstrual pads, in each toilet room.” Here is what the rule says, who it covers, who it doesn’t, and how the law says to raise it.
- Everyday LifeFlying and travelling with period productsWhat airport security in Canada and the US says about period products, and what it doesn’t. Then packing, format by format, and how travellers keep reusables clean on the road. Rules first, in the rule-makers’ own words.
- Everyday LifeCan you swim on your period? Pool, lake, ocean and hot tubYes, says a Canadian children’s hospital. Here is what health sources say, where they are silent, what each format’s instructions cover in the water, and what the shark archive actually found.
- Everyday LifeThe surprise-period kit: school, work, car, lockerA period can arrive early, late or without warning. Here is a kit that works whatever you use: the basics, what to add for each format, where to keep it, and where to find free products in Canada.
- Everyday LifeProtecting your bed and sofa on heavy nightsWhat readers put under themselves on heavy nights, what makers and health authorities say about each format at night, and the signs that make a heavy night worth a conversation with a healthcare provider. In the sources’ own words.
- Everyday LifeHow to sleep on your period: every format, overnightWhat makers and health authorities say about nights, format by format, in their own words. What to check on the pack. And what readers put between themselves and the mattress.
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