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Addressing violence through empowerment
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An integral aspect of any person’s health and well-being involves feeling a sense of personal security. Unfortunately, for many people, this sense of safety is not a given.
In Canada, where nearly 200 women...
Get ‘er done
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If you find yourself using any of these excuses for your lack of exercise, be prepared to read my glorious refutations and have the rug taken out from under your feet like the figurative...
Brains versus brawn
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Contemplating the contemporary manifestations of Halloween traditions, the Science Editor takes on the Sports Editor; brain takes on brawn. As more and more alternatives to trick or treating become popular, the two sides debate...
Top 10 worst things about Halloween
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Expensive dentist bill: Watch out for a bunch of cavities during your next cleaning.
Frozen toes: Since we live in Winnipeg, it is almost guaranteed that it will snow at least once before Halloween comes...
Top 10 Halloween costume categories
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The matching costume: Find a friend and go as a couple that makes sense together. Examples include a pair of dice, a salt and pepper shaker or coffee and a donut.
The trend costume: Politics...
Top 10 best things about Halloween
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Candy: Need I say more?
Costumes: It’s always fun to escape reality and be someone else for a while.
Excuse for childish behaviour: Halloween brings out the child in all of us. Playing dress-up was...
Halloween around the world
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As hard as it may be to imagine, Halloween is not celebrated all over the world. In fact, both the importance and the associated traditions with Halloween can vary greatly from country to country....
