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The toxic effects of workplace stress
Illustration, iStockphoto. There’s a particularly cold prickle of fear that pops up when work leaves you feeling overtired, overwhelmed and under siege. It might seep in during a meeting, when your...
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Uncommon bonds: The friendship of Lindhout, Khadr and Harper
Photo, Colby Spence/WE Day. Two years ago, a business-sized envelope arrived at my home in Canmore, Alta., from the maximum-security Edmonton Institution prison. It was from Omar Khadr. I curiously...
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Exclusive: Lucy DeCoutere on the Ghomeshi disaster
Lucy DeCoutere photographed recently in Halifax. Photo, North X North. When Lucy DeCoutere first went to police on October 31, 2014, with allegations that Jian Ghomeshi had sexually assaulted and...
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I tried to warn women about Jian Ghomeshi — and it nearly destroyed my life
Magdelena Tworkowska/Getty Images. When I was five, I watched a neighbourhood boy tear Lanette Ariana limb from limb. I didn’t scream or stop him. I just wept over my beloved, dismembered Cabbage Patch...
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Is it time to break up with sugar?
Illustration, Casie Wilson. Sugar had it good for a while. While butter and saturated fat were being vilified in the 1980s and ’90s, cereals like Count Chocula rattled into breakfast bowls, and soft...
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Meet the single mom behind the RCMP harassment lawsuits
Heli Kijanen and her daughters Faith and Grace. Photo, Heli Kijanen. This article was originally published on Flare. “You came to the RCMP wanting to personally contribute to your community, and we...
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‘Alternate Nostril Breathing Really Does Work’: 5 Lessons From Hillary...
Photo, Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press. Hillary Clinton, former senator, secretary of state, and most recently, presidential candidate, was in Toronto on Thursday evening to promote her new...
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Serving In The Canadian Military Was My Dream. It Turned Out To Be A Nightmare
Doiron and her dog, Una, near her home in New Brunswick. I wanted to join the military from the time I was a little kid, when we’d go to visit Mémère and Pépère (my grandparents), and I’d see a picture...
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10 Inspiring Canadian Women Who Are Saving The Environment
Photo, Pat Kane. This Yellowknife ER doctor is raising the alarm about the mental health impact of climate change While large parts of southern Canada are feeling the effects of climate...
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Canada’s Domestic Violence Crisis
The women and girls pictured represent a tiny sample of those killed recently in Canada in confirmed or suspected incidents of domestic violence by men. Some of these cases are still before the courts....
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