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Dogs in the Performing Arts: the PuppyCam Tale Continues

Dogs in the Performing Arts: the PuppyCam Tale Continues

If it broke you up to say good-bye to the Shiba Inu litter whose “Puppy Cam” webcam broadcasts stole hearts through the holidays, fear not — a new pooch passion’s here. Once again, we’ve got a chance to watch fuzzy adorable pups of exotic breeding as they romp and snooze and rip apart toys in [...]

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Virtual Collection: Bacon Bits – Part 2

Virtual Collection: Bacon Bits - Part 2

“Want me to knit you a bacon scarf?” Diane asked, and unwittingly launched my search for arts and crafts with a bacon theme. She said she could probably “fake up” a pattern. Thinking back, I’m not entirely sure whether she planned to knit it from the actual fatty meat product. In which case, er, no… [...]

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I Heart the Cat Fairy Artist

I Heart the Cat Fairy Artist

At the very heart of grey downtown Toronto, there’s a special bright sparkling place where Spanish colours riot and fairies cavort with doorstop-solid cats. Feeling a bit down and grey, yourself? There’s nothing I can think of to bring on the sunshine like spending some time with Tascha… I’m not going to waste your time [...]

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Clear the Floor, Ma, The Kids Might Be Doing Some More of That Crazy Jazz Dancing

Clear the Floor, Ma, The Kids Might Be Doing Some More of That Crazy Jazz Dancing

My younger brother was a real comic as a teenager. Night after night, doing the dishes after supper, his song-and-dance routines used to get the rest of us just splitting our sides with laughing. (Notice I’m not telling you my brother’s name? — that’s because I enjoy my life and limbs intact, and would prefer [...]

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Dedicated to the Boys in Red

Dedicated to the Boys in Red

The seven boys and their coach’s wife died in a highway accident on their way home from a basketball game on the weekend — just minutes away from their hometown of Bathurst, New Brunswick. Today, schools and families all across Canada pay their respects as thousands attended the funeral for the seven lost members of [...]

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