Education
Louise Brown
May 19, 2012
Thousands of first-year students at Ontario community colleges are taking catch-up courses in basic math skills they should have learned in grades 6, 7 and 8.
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Louise Brown
May 17, 2012
More students are turning up the heat on colleges and universities to provide mental health services.
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Louise Brown
May 16, 2012
Ontario students with mental and emotional troubles wait an average of seven days to see a campus counselor - and some wait months, warns a new report that calls...
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Health
Liz Pearson
March 5, 2009
What can a parent do to help prevent obesity in their children? Here are 10 tips.
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Ann Douglas
May 18, 2012
Teenagers who practice mindfulness — a technique that involves focusing on what is what is happening in the moment and being aware of and accepting of...
Andrea Gordon
May 15, 2012
Author from Milton, Ont. created the book to help kids, parents and teachers better understand the challenges of coping with anxiety.
Specials & Features
January 20, 2012
Somewhere in the space between the traditional male hunter/gatherer and new age snot wiper, fathers are balanced precariously.
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Andrea Gordon
October 18, 2011
A study from the University of British Columbia proves that indeed it IS harder to raise a family these days.
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John Terauds
September 23, 2011
In the age of mobile devices, nearly a third of people now check work email before going to bed, and most of us work an extra 10 hours a week, thanks to...
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Columns & Blogs
Lorraine Sommerfeld
August 29, 2011
Asbestos is a dirty little secret that’s very dirty, definitely not little and should not be secret
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Lorraine Sommerfeld
August 22, 2011
It's the little things that make cottage memories shine
Lorraine Sommerfeld
June 13, 2011
Life lessons from a toad
Moms
January 6, 2012
“I was more relaxed. I noticed a lot of the younger moms were by the book. I think when you’re older you don’t have as much need to go by the book.”
Lorraine Sommerfeld
December 19, 2011
Our columnist likes artificial Christmas trees. Her sons want the real thing.
Lorraine Sommerfeld
December 12, 2011
It’s not enough to check in by cell phone. Sometimes just being there doing nothing is what kids need most.