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Tragedy

A Reminder to Live Life Large and in Colour

Lori Gard | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Calamity, Tragedy, Fear, Children, Paranoia, Boston Marathon Bombing, Parenting, Worry, Parents, Canada Living News
Lori Gard

Oh! how easy it would be to just hide under the covers and ignore the bad guys. Pretending it would all go away it we just make a simple wish. But life is far better lived in 3-D. Lived in colour. Lived out loud, and very, very large.

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Dispatches From Down East: Remember to Play in the Snow

Lori Gard | Posted 03.16.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Winter Recreation, Tragedy, Joie-De-Vivre, Children, Children-and-Death, Children and Death, Passion, Tim Horton's, Life, Appreciate Every Day, Live Life to the Fullest, Canada Impact News
Lori Gard

A hectic day left me feeling pretty cranky by the time lunch was over. There was a rush out the door taking us to the local rink. When our troupe got there, something magic came over me. I remembered what it felt like again to walk in the snow toward the monkey bars. Then I realize -- each day, from start to finish is a gift.

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Ten Things That Restored My Faith in Humanity

Lori Gard | Posted 02.21.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Tragedy, Prince Edward Island, Newtown Elementary School Shooting, Moments to Restore Faith in Humanity, Canada Living News
Lori Gard

In wake of the recent tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, there have been waves of anger and sorrow washing over us all. Young and old. Rich and poor. Believer and non-believer. Recently, I came across the 26 Moments That Restored Our Faith in Humanity This Year article that has been floating around the Internet. When the world over finds itself in bleak mid-winter, the sun comes out and shines across the shadows.

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Could Your Child's School Survive a Threatening Attack?

Jenna Em | Posted 02.14.2013 | Canada
Read More: Murder, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Tragedy, Newtown, Newtown Connecticut, Shooting, Sandy Hook, Massacre, Public School, Safety, Connecticut, School, Slaying, Emergency Preparedness, Canada News
Jenna Em

Shock, disbelief and tears have flooded us, after the Newtown, Connecticut slaying of 20 primary school children aged 5-10 years old. Although it's easy to be blindsided by the heinous crime that took place, let's ask ourselves if the same could happen at our child's school -- and what steps can be taken to prevent a similar tragedy?

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Graham James: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You in Two Years

Kolby Solinsky | Posted 05.20.2012 | Canada
Read More: Sheldon Kennedy, Tragedy, Theoren Fleury, Theo Fleury, Canada, Kolby Solinsky, Hockey, Graham James Sentence, White Cover Magazine, Illegal, Child Abuse, Graham James Sentencing, Child Rape, Graham James Sexual Abuse, Nhl, Graham James, Two Years, Huffington Post, Travesty, Canada News
Kolby Solinsky

A two-year sentence for a man as putrid as Graham James is as close as you can come to condoning the actions of other sexual predators in Canada who are living, working, and continuing to commit their heinous acts.

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