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Equality: Canadian women are not there yet
At the upcoming G8 Summit Canada will champion a worthwhile initiative to improve maternal and child health in developing nat...read more...
At the upcoming G8 Summit Canada will champion a worthwhile initiative to improve maternal and child health in developing nat...read more...
Equality: Canadian women are not there yet
Date Posted: 7/2/2010 12:29:00 PM
At the upcoming G8 Summit Canada will champion a worthwhile initiative to improve maternal and child health in developing nations as an extension of UN Millennium Development Goals set in 2000. That outward focus is a good opportunity for us t...
Date Posted: 7/2/2010 12:29:00 PM
At the upcoming G8 Summit Canada will champion a worthwhile initiative to improve maternal and child health in developing nations as an extension of UN Millennium Development Goals set in 2000. That outward focus is a good opportunity for us t...
Don't call me crazy
Date Posted: 5/20/2010 1:06:00 PM
Yesterday a small banner on the car in front of me at a stoplight caught my eye. It read, Support Not Stigma on top with the Canadian Mental Health logo underneath it. It reminded me that Mental Health Week is in early May and I’d missed it.
Date Posted: 5/20/2010 1:06:00 PM
Yesterday a small banner on the car in front of me at a stoplight caught my eye. It read, Support Not Stigma on top with the Canadian Mental Health logo underneath it. It reminded me that Mental Health Week is in early May and I’d missed it.
Reminder from Reykjavík
Date Posted: 4/21/2010 1:52:00 PM
The volcanic eruption in Iceland is a natural rather than man-made disaster. As Earth Day approaches it should serve to remind us of how small the planet really is. Eyjafjallajokull’s ash-spewing disruption of all of Europe is a concrete reminder...
Date Posted: 4/21/2010 1:52:00 PM
The volcanic eruption in Iceland is a natural rather than man-made disaster. As Earth Day approaches it should serve to remind us of how small the planet really is. Eyjafjallajokull’s ash-spewing disruption of all of Europe is a concrete reminder...
When holy men are not
Date Posted: 4/7/2010 9:55:00 AM
Sexual abuse of children exists throughout society. A number of recent studies suggest that it is not limited to the Catholic hierarchy and is actually significantly higher among teachers, coaches and Protestant ministers since pedophiles (pegged at ...
Date Posted: 4/7/2010 9:55:00 AM
Sexual abuse of children exists throughout society. A number of recent studies suggest that it is not limited to the Catholic hierarchy and is actually significantly higher among teachers, coaches and Protestant ministers since pedophiles (pegged at ...
Oh, Oh Canada
Date Posted: 3/5/2010 11:05:00 AM
The trouble in messing with tradition is that you can’t possibly get it right. Case in point is the brouhaha surrounding the tentative plan to ‘tweak’ the national anthem to make it more inclusive.I understand the rationale ...
Date Posted: 3/5/2010 11:05:00 AM
The trouble in messing with tradition is that you can’t possibly get it right. Case in point is the brouhaha surrounding the tentative plan to ‘tweak’ the national anthem to make it more inclusive.I understand the rationale ...
Moving to the Who Dat? Nation
Date Posted: 2/12/2010 8:55:00 AM
Ah, the Super Bowl! There were chills and spills and commercials good enough to be prime time entertainment. And there was The Who. Time Magazine once wrote, “No other group has ever pushed rock so far, or asked so much from it.̶...
Date Posted: 2/12/2010 8:55:00 AM
Ah, the Super Bowl! There were chills and spills and commercials good enough to be prime time entertainment. And there was The Who. Time Magazine once wrote, “No other group has ever pushed rock so far, or asked so much from it.̶...
Mocking Florida ...and other bad pastimes
Date Posted: 2/7/2010 2:43:00 PM
It’s easy to mock Florida. I did it and in writing too; while it’s hard to un-ring that bell, after spending three years in the Sunshine State, I’m trying. So like the recently converted in any category - think non-smoking,...
Date Posted: 2/7/2010 2:43:00 PM
It’s easy to mock Florida. I did it and in writing too; while it’s hard to un-ring that bell, after spending three years in the Sunshine State, I’m trying. So like the recently converted in any category - think non-smoking,...
Christmas dinner Oaxaca style
Date Posted: 1/12/2010 12:19:00 PM
Thanks to our San Diego friend Jill – who lived in Oaxaca México for almost a decade – we met a young Mexican/Zapotec woman, her daughter and extended family. This year we were honoured with an invitation to spend Christmas day with Yolanda and her f...
Date Posted: 1/12/2010 12:19:00 PM
Thanks to our San Diego friend Jill – who lived in Oaxaca México for almost a decade – we met a young Mexican/Zapotec woman, her daughter and extended family. This year we were honoured with an invitation to spend Christmas day with Yolanda and her f...
Put a tiger in your bed…er tank
Date Posted: 12/9/2009 9:57:00 AM
I think it’s safely official. Given baseball’s steroid scandals, Kobe Bryant’s cheatin’ heart and Michael Phelps bong imbroglio, it’s time to accept that athletes are not necessarily role models. They’re just m...
Date Posted: 12/9/2009 9:57:00 AM
I think it’s safely official. Given baseball’s steroid scandals, Kobe Bryant’s cheatin’ heart and Michael Phelps bong imbroglio, it’s time to accept that athletes are not necessarily role models. They’re just m...
The healthy breast quest
Date Posted: 11/19/2009 8:44:00 AM
What’s a gal to believe anyway….or a guy for that matter? First we read that Pap smears and some prostate tests provide little value in detecting cancer. Then, in the category of ‘more bad news for women,’ we learned that estro...
Date Posted: 11/19/2009 8:44:00 AM
What’s a gal to believe anyway….or a guy for that matter? First we read that Pap smears and some prostate tests provide little value in detecting cancer. Then, in the category of ‘more bad news for women,’ we learned that estro...
Men & Textiles
Date Posted: 11/4/2009 10:53:00 AM
Stereotypes should never be applied willy-nilly unless they happen to apply to most of the people in a given category. Let’s call this category ‘men and textiles’. My hubby is an evolved example of his species. In this context I’...
Date Posted: 11/4/2009 10:53:00 AM
Stereotypes should never be applied willy-nilly unless they happen to apply to most of the people in a given category. Let’s call this category ‘men and textiles’. My hubby is an evolved example of his species. In this context I’...
Nuns and Nunsense
Date Posted: 10/28/2009 12:28:00 PM
Recent happenings in the Catholic Church have caused my normal 120/80 blood pressure to rise alarmingly. I was raised a Catholic and despite not having darkened a church door in many decades it causes me to feel somewhat entitled to criticize. The Catho...
Date Posted: 10/28/2009 12:28:00 PM
Recent happenings in the Catholic Church have caused my normal 120/80 blood pressure to rise alarmingly. I was raised a Catholic and despite not having darkened a church door in many decades it causes me to feel somewhat entitled to criticize. The Catho...
A woman's guide to Mantracker
Date Posted: 10/15/2009 10:36:00 AM
Watching reality shows really revs up my imagination. Certain shows in the genre make me imagine that I’m a far better physical specimen than I really am and a few persuade me that I’m the next best thing to the Bionic Woman….remember her?
Date Posted: 10/15/2009 10:36:00 AM
Watching reality shows really revs up my imagination. Certain shows in the genre make me imagine that I’m a far better physical specimen than I really am and a few persuade me that I’m the next best thing to the Bionic Woman….remember her?
Sex and other late night shenanigans
Date Posted: 10/7/2009 12:16:00 PM
The airways are abuzz with the news that talk-show funnyman David Letterman had sex with women that worked for his production company and that an attempted extortion about one of the affairs forced him to make his mea culpa in public.I was one...
Date Posted: 10/7/2009 12:16:00 PM
The airways are abuzz with the news that talk-show funnyman David Letterman had sex with women that worked for his production company and that an attempted extortion about one of the affairs forced him to make his mea culpa in public.I was one...
The stress of being constantly connected
Date Posted: 10/1/2009 7:07:00 PM
I called an old friend recently and got the message, “Message centre is full." So I e-mailed him to tell him to delete messages. That didn’t work either because I got another message saying, “This customer’s mailbox size ...
Date Posted: 10/1/2009 7:07:00 PM
I called an old friend recently and got the message, “Message centre is full." So I e-mailed him to tell him to delete messages. That didn’t work either because I got another message saying, “This customer’s mailbox size ...
