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| My dog taught me how to be a mom : (May 18th 2010, 06:54 ) |
Rebecca Dube From Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, May. 17, 2010 10:04AM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, May. 18, 2010 5:39PM EDT Treating your dog or cat like a baby is not something to brag about. At best, an admission of parental love will get you pitying looks and a quiet corner to yourself at ... |
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| Dress for Success: (Apr 23rd 2010, 03:03 ) |
Sarah Boesveld Toronto — From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 10:43PM EDT Last updated on Friday, Mar. 26, 2010 10:46PM EDT Call it a prom dress with a purpose. As their peers franti... |
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| Building One Village A Youth at a Time: (Feb 17th 2010, 11:46 ) |
By: Tamara Shephard, Etobicoke Guardian TAMARA SHEPHARD Justin Di Ciano can hear Marshall McLuhan's "global village" ringing in his ears. McLuhan's inspiration compelled Di Ciano to conceive One Village Care Initiative to connect south Etobicoke communities, and later others, to the PACT Urban Peace Program. The charity - which stands for Participation, Acknowledgement, Commitment and Transformation - offers life-skills programs for youth at-risk, yout... |
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| 175 Reasons To Love Toronto: (Jan 17th 2010, 11:51 ) |
Saturday, January 16, 2010 Toronto Edition 1. It is the centre of the (Canadian) universe. 2. Jane Jacobs called it home. |
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| 24 hours of kindness: (Dec 20th 2009, 12:39 ) |
12:26 a.m. Male threatening suicide. On the subway platform, Chester station. Sitting on a bench with a TTC janitor. The words pop up on Sgt. Rod MacLean's cruiser computer, and the road boss for the night presses the gas pedal with purpose, but not enough to require the... |
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| Amazing Kindness: the gift of a son: (Dec 19th 2009, 10:41 ) |
Amazing kindness: the gift of a sonAlways close, these sisters' tight bond deepened when Jaime carried a child for LizMegan Ogilvie Living Reporter The Toronto Star Four hours after Caleb Allingham was born, his aunt and his mother asked everyone to leave the hospital room. The two sisters wanted to be alone with Caleb. Jaime sat on the bed, exhausted, her body bruised from eight hours of labour. She held Caleb, sleeping and wrapped snugly in a white flannel blanket. She cradled him close... |
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| Oscar the cat and the science of kindness: (Dec 18th 2009, 06:50 ) |
On the third floor of a geriatric hospital in Providence, R.I., lives Oscar the cat. He makes regular rounds, entering each room to smell and look over the patients. If all is more or less well, the white-breasted tabby moves on to the next room. If he instead snuggles up to a patient, purring and nuzzling, the nurses immediately start calling relatives. Oscar won't leave until the patient has breathed his or her last. Now, the intriguing question is not so much how Oscar can make such accurate prognoses, but why he lin... |
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| Eating at the bank grows: (Dec 7th 2009, 12:57 ) |
Eating at the bank growsRecession blamed for increase of Ontarians - especially newcomers - who need help More than 375,000 Ontarians turn to food banks each month -- an unprecedented annual increase of 19%. "There's little doubt that this has been our most difficult year in a generation," said Adam Spence, executive director of the Ontario Associati... |
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| Teen Giving in Canada: (Dec 7th 2009, 12:50 ) |
Teen Giving in CanadaCanadian Teens – a powerhouse of giving Mackenzie Investments commissioned a customized survey of Canadians aged 13-19 to measure their giving and volunteering beliefs, actions and trends. What they found is that teens, typically viewed as a “me generation,” are pumping millions of their own money into their communities and volunteering close to 100 million hours a year to support the causes they believe in. And they’re doing it for all the right reasons. Some key findings about teens include:
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| Harper To Attend Climate Conference: (Nov 27th 2009, 04:50 ) |
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave way to strong domestic pressure and a shifting international tide with the announcement he will travel to a global climate change summit next month in Copenhagen. The decision was relayed to reporters just before the prime minister departed for a meeting in Trinidad of Commonwealth countries Thursday. It came less than 24 hours after Harper declared in the House of Commons that he would only attend the meeting in the Danish capital if other major world leaders also made the trip. That was the government's firm line before U.S. President Barack Obama, leader of the world's largest economy, said he would stop there on Dec. 9 ... |
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