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News Headlines for Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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In National News: Baby survives after being abandoned in the woods (Globe and Mail)In our opinion: This is a really weird one - the father grabbed his 13 month old son from the mother, drove for hours and then abandoned his son in the woods, before being turned over to police hours later. … [Read more...]

News Headlines for Monday, April 27, 2009

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In National News: Swine flu likely to worsen in Canada, says top health official (CBC)In our opinion: Nervous urbanmoms.ca staffer fights off cold symptoms... B.C. Solicitor-General resigns (Globe and Mail) Kidnapped diplomats were traded for terrorists: group (National Post) In World News Avoid … [Read more...]

Leaving Her

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The hardest thing is leaving her.When she was only a baby and then a toddler, I left her every day so I could go to work. She would cry. So sad, so scared, so lost. I would sit patiently with her in the daycare, waiting until she seemed a little more comfortable, until maybe she turned her back to … [Read more...]

News Headlines for Thursday, April 23, 2009

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In National News: PM must press U.S. for Khadr's return from Guantanamo, court rules (CBC) In our opinion: Khadr, who was 15 at the time of his original detention in Afghanistan, remains in Guantanamo Bay. According to international law, Khadr was a child soldier and therefore should never have been … [Read more...]

Words of Wisdom

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Do you remember high school English? Remember studying Hamlet? Remember the character Polonius (he was Ophelia's father), and how he spent a whole scene spouting off advice to his  son, Laertes? He offered up such gems as:"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" (hah! how true that one is these … [Read more...]