It Was a Rainy Night
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Two easy ways to prepare rhubarb
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summer
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Summer Vacation: How Do I Press Replay?
As I sit here at my desk, trying to focus on the task at hand, I must admit, I don’t really want to be here. I want to turn back the hands of time, press replay and live my vacation all over again. It seems like just yesterday we were counting down the seemingly endless [...]
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High-tech collar tells you when your pet is too hot
A couple of months ago I told you about a Labrador named Tucker. The dog’s owners had left him locked in their vehicle on a scorching summer day while they went shopping for two hours. Tucker died shortly after authorities broke into the vehicle to help him. Sadly this has not been the only case [...]
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Dog dies in hot car: keep your pets safe this summer
The local evening news this past Sunday had a story that both saddened and angered me. Angele Lazurko and Matthieu Arbour from Sudbury, Ont. – along with their pooch, Tucker– had come to Toronto for the weekend to attend Woofstock, the world’s largest outdoor festival for dogs. As they left town Sunday, they stopped at [...]
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Share your favourite Canadian summer memory for a chance to win!
Maybe we were sun-drunk or perhaps we were fuelled by the fresh forest air, but my favourite summer moment from last year comes from a camping trip with a couple of friends in Quebec. That was then I’m dancing around a campfire with my pals Aileen and Barb, stopping only to collect twigs and firewood [...]
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5 Fun Things to Do This Summer
Three summers ago, after yet another weekend of “what do you want to do today?” “I don’t know. What do you want to do?” my boyfriend and I drew up a to-do list. We named it “Our Summer ’o Fun.” We wrote down more than a dozen activities and hung the list on my fridge. [...]
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Lazy Summer Days? I THINK NOT!
End of school parties, Yearbook signing, Exams, Daydreaming in class, Focused on the end of the school day bell… All signs that the end of the school year is here. Yay! For us working parents, our day to day lives go on as normal (other than the occasional summer getaway), but the kids are looking [...]
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5 tips to get you on your way to your relaxing summer vacation
Oh my. It’s the end of May. Already. I’m thinking of my summer plans. Already. I’m envisioning sitting on a beach chair sipping pina colada’s overlooking a lake somewhere. Because it sounds lovely, right? Because it sounds wonderfully relaxing and it pretty much sums up what I expect from my summer vacation. I wish I [...]
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Camping – A Canadian summer pass time
A while ago, I blogged about eco-friendly warm-weather activities. I can’t believe I didn’t mention canoeing and camping! We all have our favourite summer pass times, and canoeing and camping is probably right up there at the top of many Canadian’s lists. As soon as summer rolls around, we’re all thinking about exploring the wilderness [...]
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Eco-friendly hobbies
With summer arriving in mere days, we all find ourselves willing to pick up hobbies we let fall to the wayside in the winter. One of my most beloved hobbies, running, always gets put on the back burner as soon as there’s a chill in the air. There’s something about motivating myself to run on [...]
