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Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?
November 27, 2009 – 6:00 am | Comments Off on Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day?

If you’re living in Canada, you can avoid today’s shopping craziness, which in the U.S. is known as “Black Friday” — the day-after-Thanksgiving, start-of-the-Christmas-shopping-season, mega-sale shopping day.

Here in Canada, it’s just a regular …

Dialing while driving in Canada
November 9, 2009 – 7:00 am | Comments Off on Dialing while driving in Canada
Dialing while driving in Canada

Ontario became the latest Canadian province to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.

Ontario’s new distracted driving law, which took effect October 26, 2009, prohibits drivers from using any hand-held wireless communication  …

Leave the crib at home
October 28, 2009 – 8:01 am | 2 Comments
Leave the crib at home

If you’re relocating with small children, you’ve got to worry about a lot of gear. Cribs. Car seats. Strollers. High chairs.

But if you’re living somewhere temporarily or if you’ve arrived ahead of your moving …

Guide to Canadian universities
October 26, 2009 – 7:00 am | Comments Off on Guide to Canadian universities
Guide to Canadian universities

The Globe & Mail publishes an annual Guide to Canadian Universities, and they’ve just released the latest edition.

From an essay on why Canadian universities are a bargain to profiles of top professors to …

Canada ranks fourth in quality of life worldwide
October 19, 2009 – 7:20 am | Comments Off on Canada ranks fourth in quality of life worldwide
Canada ranks fourth in quality of life worldwide

Canada ranks fourth in overall quality of life among 182 of the world’s countries, according to the United Nations Development Programme’s 2009 Human Development Report (HDR).

Only Norway, Australia, and Iceland ranked higher on the …