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Valentine's Day
Gift ideas for your sweetie
Love conquers all, especially when you’re armed with these adorable accessories.
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Travel
March Break: Let the kids pick the spot
Family vacations were disastrous – until the children found the place they couldn't get enough of
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Lynn Coady's Group Therapy
My pregnant stepdaughter wants to move in
My friends and family say don't do it, but it's a done deal. What should I do?
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David Eddie's Damage Control
I'm back with my boyfriend - but my family disapproves
I understand that their concerns come from a desire to protect me, but whenever I try to talk to them about it, I'm met with hostility
Sarah Hampson's Generation Ex
I want a divorce. p.s. I still love you
Jenny Sanford, estranged wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, explains her ambivalence toward her cheating husband
Trends
This V-Day, many couples will be thinking outside the box of chocolates
From cooking classes to rock climbing, lovers are eschewing romantic dinners and roses for ‘a neat way to connect'
Book excerpt - Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude
In her new memoir, Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude, Emily White investigates chronic loneliness by talking to those who feel it most
Mayer's Betty and Veronica
John Mayer’s awkward tell-all: Did real celebs actually date this guy?
Pop star John Mayer apologizes for Playboy interview discussing Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Simpson
Paris of the Prairies
The most romantic city? Saskatoon
Amazon.ca's ranking of Canadian cities puts the Saskatchewan destination at the top of its amorous list
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Done like dinner
Valentine’s Day dinner? More like tension on Table 2
It’s the date waiters dread: Feb. 14 – when every romantic dinner is a potential land mine of cold silences, public kink and unbearable heartbreak
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Haiti
Now is not the time for new Haitian adoptions, says agency
Adoption 'is not the first response to help the children'
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A weekly look at modern parenting
The Rec Room
Pre-baby slumber, vasectomy follow-up, brown-bag brawl
Auto Therapy
Don't let the kids junk your ride
A father who is letting his teenage boys trash his luxury SUV needs to get tough, says Joanne Will
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Sweet duds, Dad
Mom in a bikini, Dad in short shorts: Yep, they were cooler than you
As twentysomethings discover that mom and pops had a life before kids, they're posting the evidence online, with stylin' photos of their folks – back in the day
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