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Goodbye 2016: It’s not Us, it’s You

By //  by Jennifer Pitt

2016 did not feel like a great year, let's be honest. It felt like the hits just kept coming, and Facebook was littered with epithets against 2016, asking how much more we were expected to take. As it turned out, a lot. Leonard Cohen, Prince, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali, to name just a few of the way-too-many celebrities that passed away this year. Even in 2016’s final days it took Alan Thicke, George Michael, Carrie Fisher, and, just 24 hours later, her mother Debbie Reynolds. The most …

Filed Under: Living, Pop Culture, World Gone Mad Tagged With: 2016, best events in Canada in 2016, Canada, Canada did it right in 2016, celebrities, did anything good happen in Canada in 2016, highs and lows, more reasons why Canada is the best country in the world, the best things to happen in Canada in 2016, trudeau

Is it Justifiable Homicide if You Kill a Clown That Scares You?

By //  by Candace Sampson

Clicking through the news today I came across this article titled Gangs of Clowns Terrorize Drivers. What fresh hell is this I wondered and clicked on the link. LIKE AN IDIOT.  Oh well, misery loves company and I hate being alone, so welcome. Let's discuss this nightmare of clowns scaring people shall we?   It would appear that clowns are running amok scaring the bejeebus out of people from South Carolina to California and everywhere in between. Clowns, thanks to It, …

Filed Under: Martini Mommy, World Gone Mad Tagged With: Chuckles, clowns in Glace Bay, clowns in the woods, clowns scaring people, clowns surround car, It, Pennywise, people dressing up as Pennywise, why are clowns scaring people, why are clowns scary

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This is Why Illegal Tobacco Affects Us All

By //  by Candace Sampson

I was eleven when I tried my first cigarette. Eleven. My youngest is eleven now and every time I look at her I can’t imagine a cigarette dangling between her lips. I can only imagine how absurd I must have looked, all 80 lbs of me, lighting up a cigarette. That one act, led to another and another and by the time I was 16, I was smoking a full pack of cigarettes a day.  I smoked for 20 years when all was said and done. Since I quit, I’ve lived in fear that the health consequences have still …

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Hey Sports Organizations, Stop Treating Parents Like Money Trees

By //  by Candace Sampson

My girls love competitive cheerleading. L-O-V-E it. They love the hard work, the dance, the tumbling, the camaraderie and the competition. I love seeing them happy. As a mom, I want them to have a physical activity they love pursuing. Also, as we enter the teen years, I'm happy to keep them busy because there is nothing worse than a teenager with time on their hands in my opinion. Competitive sports nowadays though can run into thousands and thousands of dollars and can create financial …

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Snack Attack: Stop the Madness

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When I became a mother I knew the role would require me to fulfill certain tasks, but I never realized how it would be a full-time job keeping my children satiated. Children everywhere around me appeared to be hungry at all times and it was a given that I should prevent my kids from understanding what hunger felt like. As I looked around and learned from other parents in my environment, I came to understand that full stomach = good and forgetting to load diaper bag with equivalent to wartime …

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