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How to apologize

Public apologies seem to be a daily event lately: Here’s how to handle transgressions in your own life

Facts & Arguments Essay

What I learned at preschool

After my husband died, a ‘sol-iday’ seemed pointless. But volunteering in Rwanda, I found an overwhelming happiness

The 15-kilometre beach at Kiawah is one of the resort’s main attractions, and it’s a great place for kids to learn how to ride bikes.
Travel

March Break: Let the kids pick the spot

Family vacations were disastrous – until the children found a place they couldn't get enough of

Viral

Naked guy. Click. Naked guy.

Between the rude, the nude and the whack jobs also looking to chat online

Ali Vincent used visualization when she was losing weight: ‘Pac-Mans’ whose No. 1 job was to eat her fat cells.

The Interview

Biggest Loser winner has gained more than she lost

Reality TV show contestant Ali Vincent has parlayed her win on The Biggest Loser into a book, a clothing line and a career as a motivational speaker

Vancouver 2010

The Games are a golden teaching opportunity for parents

Watching the Olympics with their kids, parents can nurture their wildest dreams – and teach them about determination and teamwork

Parents who push create unhealthy obsession in child athletes, research finds

After studying 600 child athletes and musicians, Montreal psychology professor Geneviève Mageau finds parents who focus on effort and choice foster joy as well as success

From Search to Buzz, the steps on Google’s path to world domination

With its latest shot across the bows – at Facebook – is it possible Google is having a Microsoft moment?

Vancouver 2010

Hidden gems for foodies at the Olympics

Where to go for ‘cold tea’ after hours, the best espresso and bannock wraps

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

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Leah McLaren
My advice to married women out there: Suck it up

To all the singles ladies, I add: Put a ring on it (while you can)

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Jessica Biel: Hit or miss?

We do the trendspotting each week, then let you have your say

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Warm up with mulled wine

Beppi Crosariol shares his favourite recipe for the winter treat



Social Studies
Snakes and dollars, poke that tiger, world o' sneakers

A daily miscellany of information by Michael Kesterton

Lives Lived
Iris (Corby) Gordon

Wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, scientist, teacher, conservationist, master gardener, artist. Born June 2, 1917, in Kamloops, B.C. Died June 8, 2009, in Victoria of natural causes, aged 92

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