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Sunday Roundup: At Only 6 Months Old, We're Kicking A**

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 01.27.2012 | Canada
Danielle Crittenden

It's been an extraordinary week here at Huffingtonpost.ca: After only six months online, we've just seen a huge surge of traffic that should cause other Canadian news sites to start watching their backs. This past Monday, our news team launched an important series about rising income inequality in Canada: Mind The Gap.

While that series led the news, MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) posted an extraordinary and wrenching account of human conditions at the Attawapiskat First Nation community on the James Bay coast.

And I posted a blog of my own that drew an unexpected amount of international traffic. Suffice to say it involved vodka, tampons, teenagers, and a ridiculous urban myth I was determined to prove wrong. No one can now say I won't do anything for a story -- or a drink.

Bartender, a Dirty Martini With a Tampon!

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 01.21.2012 | Canada Living
Danielle Crittenden

Vodka-in-a-tampon is allegedly the new rage among under-age drinkers to get drunk. However, I couldn't find a single article on Google verifying that it actually worked. I decided that I would have to test the rumour myself.

Vodka Tampons And 'Butt Chugging' Reported Among Teens

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 11.14.2011 | Canada Living

It would appear that nobody wants to use their mouth anymore to get drunk. Much to their parents' dismay, teens have long been known to secretly c...