We Walk 4Water
Last year, Spencer West climbed Mount Kilimanjaro ...
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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
Name: Maxine Chan Location: Vancouver, B.C. Title:...
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10 ways to set a fun-packed party picnic table for kids
The perfect party picnic table for kids Summer is ...
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Madeleines for Mother's Day
To celebrate Mother’s Day this year, go beyo...
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The Great Gatsby style inspiration
I’ll admit it, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s T...
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5 keys to clean teeth, plus win an electric toothbrush
**UPDATE: This contest is now closed. What’s...
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A Letter to Diana – I miss you already!
Dear Diana, You are my niece, my sister’s daughter, so that means I’m not your mom. But just so you know, you are my girl. Now you’re moving to Australia, halfway around the world, and so I probably won’t see you as often. But don’t think I won’t Skype you and bombard you with emails [...]
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Talking about ‘The One’ and a special Valentine’s Day giveaway
*UPDATE* – The contest for our giveaway is now over. Please scroll to the bottom of this post to find out who the winner is. With Valentine’s Day around the corner we reached out to our friends on Facebook with a simple question: How did you know your partner was the one for you? Not [...]
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Who’s inspiring me today? Tricky P!
As I get older, I have become interested in issues that, really, didn’t affect me so much when I was younger. Like care giving. As I’ve been getting older, so has my mom. Go figure. She’s still living on her own, but now she needs more support than she used to. Instead of her making [...]
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The evolution of online dating — an infographic
Every so often I stumble across a gem on the Internet and I can’t help but share it. Last night, while trolling the Twitterverse, I found myself drawn to a hashtag that seemed to be getting a lot of attention: #OnlineDating. Scrolling through the plethora of sage advice for (and from) online daters and ads [...]
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The Saturday Afternoon Book Club: Above All Things
Looking for a little adventure? A tale of obsession? A love story? It’s a blend of historical fact and imaginative fiction: the story of George Mallory’s ill-fated 1924 attempt to be the first man to conquer Mount Everest, woven together with that of a heartbreaking account of a single day in the life of his [...]
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The Gifts of Summer
If you are looking for the Saturday Afternoon Book Club, click here. Hey everybody, gather round, here it is, it’s what we wait for all year long: summertime with all its gifts. When I googled The Gifts of Summer, (isn’t it funny now how we use Google as a verb now?) I received millions of results (I [...]
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Really?! Can my cousin be my inspiration?
If you are looking for the Saturday Afternoon Book Club, click here. Well, we don’t actually call him Vinny (we usually call him Vincent Altobello, because that’s his name), except sometimes we do, because it reminds us of the movie and really, who didn’t love the movie? Anyway, I digress. And he’s not really like [...]
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How to heal a father-daughter relationship
If you are looking for the Saturday Afternoon Book Club, click here. This Sunday is Father’s Day, but I don’t have my dad any more. He died 20 years ago, but every Father’s Day, it hits me freshly, like a wave, and I feel a little bit unbalanced. My dad and I never had the best [...]
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Is it love – or is it just a cute ad from a running shoe company?
Looking for the Saturday Afternoon Book Club? Click here. The other day, my colleague Amy sent me the cutest-ever video. She’s training for a half-marathon and was looking at a pair of Nike running shoes, and she saw the ad and fell in love with it – and wants the runners. I’m not a [...]
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Leap year tradition: Women proposing to men
Would you propose marriage to your partner? If so, maybe today’s the day to ask. Earlier today one of our wonderful Canadian Living Facebook fans tipped me off to an unusual leap year tradition that takes place every four years on this day in Sweden. A quick web search and I’ve found the tradition also [...]
