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Good Fathers Make Motherhood Richer

By //  by Candace Sampson

by Candace Alper The rewards of motherhood reveal themselves to me every day. The revelations are sometimes seemingly screaming and colourful and other times are as subtle and soft as a whisper. My own personal and private joys are in the everyday moments that I have with my daughter. She is 9 years old now and every day that she bolts through the school doors and exclaims "Mommy" with open arms are among my most cherished rewards of the moment. These, I am sure, are fleeting and I …

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How To Be A Responsible Party Host

The holidays are a time to celebrate with family and friends, but it’s no time to forget that with celebrations come responsibilities, especially when hosting a party. Last summer my neighbour was overserved at a local …

How to Combat Summer’s Deadly Sins

  I remember that day like it was yesterday: the summer heat was over, and I traded my seasonal stretchy skirts for jeans. It soon became apparent that summery, stretchy skirts hide a multitude of pounds, because …

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Light Up Your Christmas Without Breaking Your Bank (or Your Back!)

Christmas lights are often our first (literal) beacon of the holiday season. We all have that neighbor who runs the county at risk of a power grid-overload, but we usually secretly love when someone overdoes it, …

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This is Why Illegal Tobacco Affects Us All

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 …

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Ten Commandments For Hockey Parents

The back to school flurry and the reddening leaves mean one thing: hockey season is approaching. It actually means many things are approaching, like winter and clearing snowy driveways and nostrils that stick together …

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Five Things You Need to Do this Fall and One You Don’t

Ah, 2023! The year that's been serving us a cocktail of unpredictability with a dash of "Seriously? Again?". But hey, if there's one thing we've mastered, it's the art of finding joy in the little things, especially when …

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