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Live Better
How to apologize
Public apologies seem to be a daily event lately: Here’s how to handle transgressions in your own life
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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
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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
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Viral
Naked guy. Click. Naked guy.
Between the rude, the nude and the whack jobs also looking to chat online
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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Speakers for the budget-conscious audiophile
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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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Social Studies
Snakes and dollars, poke that tiger, world o' sneakers
A daily miscellany of information by Michael Kesterton
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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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