Larry Winget wants parents to know a few things and he’s very direct about it:  Your kids aren’t special. They might even be a mess. And what’s worse, if you don’t do the right thing they will grow up to be messy adults like the sports heroes who are screwing up their lives. …
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My taste in music is eclectic. I may go loopy over one song by an artist and not like anything else they do. My in-car collection mixes country with rock with classic rock and pure pop. Nickelback lives alongside Def Leppard and Boston and Tim McGraw. …
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My brother sent these photos from Machu Picchu, Peru last night and they were so spectacular, I had to share them. His trip south will continue as soon as some bike parts arrive but for now, he’s touring the area and yesterday he went through the Incan ruins. …
The broadcasting community was buzzing yesterday about a nationwide slash-and-burn at CITY TV stations. …
London is a vibrant and beautiful city. It has some of the country’s best higher-learning institutions, loads of greenery and lush parks and it’s well known as a test market for new products and new ideas. If you can make it work in London, it will work everywhere else. …
Back when I worked at 680 News I was adamantly against playing 911 tapes of distress calls on the air. The only exceptions were those calls from September 11th, released long after the fact, when describing the scenes as they unfolded, first hand, seemed newsworthy. But I thought a call from a frantic person describing the death of a loved one was exploitive and disgusting, and I still think that way. …
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I’ll be spending a lot of my weekend at the CPT Racing Experience at the Western Fair Agriplex. …
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Maybe you heard the story a couple of weekends ago and maybe you didn’t.  It happened outside a home in BC’s Fraser Valley. …
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A neurologist in this city has been given a reprimand and fined $7,300. for hugging a patient. This punishment comes from the doctors’ governing body. …
Clothing manufacturers aren’t getting it. Shopping for clothes is so frustrating I wish the people who determine the sizes would die like guinea pigs in Ecuador! …
I know Christmas is over and I said the trip to Vegas was fine for my gift but then my pal Betty sent me this video and I decided that if this roll-up laptop really is available, I want it. And I want it soon, big guy! Thank you!Â
Ottawa has purchased dozens of body scanners at a quarter million a pop to install in the country’s airports. And I say, hurray! …
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Consumer Reports Magazine has conducted tests on those infomercial products that launch crazes, parodies and pop culture mockery.  And while it might not come as a surprise that a Snuggie, a Slap-Chop or a Sham-Wow doesn’t live up to the late-night hype, it’s fascinating reading about the tests they were put through.  …
I never aim to offend but sometimes I do anyway.   If someone is personally affronted by my telling of my own truth, well, it’s not really my business,is it? And that philosophy works in both directions. …
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