Poverty humiliates people. Work is pride, value, and a sense of purpose. Most people want to work for a living, not receive government handouts. Fishermen and farmers want to be able to fish and farm, not to be forced to…
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Honour thy father and thy mother, says the commandment. They are the foundation of our lives. There will be a time when they will grow old and their strength will wither, but what they have planted within us will never…
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We of the sandwich generation face a terrible dilemma. We want to be good parents to our children, but at the same time we find that our own parents are not as independent as they once were. What’s more, it…
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There comes a time when our elderly parents are no longer able to manage for themselves. Sometimes this happens because of a medical emergency. Sometimes one of the grandparents has died, leaving the surviving spouse alone and lonely in a…
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Because we love our parents, we want to protect them as they grow older. At the same time, our efforts to keep them safe can hurt them in a different way, by taking away their valued independence. How can we…
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March 26, 2014 Friends and Peers
If you are not a close friend, don’t even think about interfering in another person’s relationship. As Ann Landers used to say, MYOB. However, if you are a close friend, then you have a responsibility to that friend. As close…
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The all purpose go-to place for Canadian census information online is Statistics Canada’s website. Its Canada Year Book Historical Collection has just about everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Canada’s social and economic past. The information on these pages…
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