The Globe headline on October 8, 2023 is eerily similar to the Globe headline on October 8th, 2005. Image: RWN
On October 8, 2005, the front page of the Globe and Mail was horrifying. A major earthquake had hit Pakistan in an area so remote that more than 20,000 people were expected to be dead and there was not even
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The illustration on the inside cover looked vaguely familiar; I thought I'd seen that photograph somewhere before too -- a tray full of little frosted petit-fours.
Monday morning, September 18, 2000, I was in my car and headed to a film company on Eastern Avenue. I was scheduled to be at a commercial shoot at 9:30 a.m. This was to be the last commercial of a
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What are the odds I would win a framed print of Bob Coglianese's famed photo of Secretariat winning the Belmont Stakes during my Year of Secretariat? 100 per cent, apparently, given the power of thought. (Photo credit: Debra Sherman)
2023 is the 50th Anniversary of one of the greatest athletic accomplishments in history: Secretariat’s Triple Crown remains an inspiration for all ages I had been dreading the arrival of June 9, 2013. I didn’t even realize I had
Read MoreShould you ever lie to kids? This became a topic of conversation in my life in the last few years, because I’ve been around kids so little, they were just beginning to grasp the fact that there are such things
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Picking fruit is a fun and cost-effective way to keep kids busy on a Saturday. If you do it right, they won't realize you have actually put them to work until they are 10 or 12 years old.
I raised three kids as a self-employed single mother. On the hardest days, I had my hydro shut off and coasted to the curb as my car ran out of gas. The inconvenience of having a credit card declined paled
Read Morehead·line ˈhedˌlīn/ noun a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine. “a front-page headline” click·bait ˈklikbāt/ noun informal noun: click bait (on the Internet) content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage
Read MoreUpdate: This post was originally posted in 2016. The graphic above is from 2024. ***** Over the past year, I’ve read untold numbers of media stories and politicians’ enthusiastic quotes extolling Uber for its competitiveness. The taxi industry needs to
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High reliability organizations track even the smallest incidents, because they can predict that an increasing number of disabling injuries will eventually lead to a death. Image: Taxi News
Update November 12, 2024: This article was originally published on October 14, 2015. It has been updated with a new graphic image and is being posted in response to news releases by Peel Regional Police and York Regional Police. My
Read MoreThis column was originally published in July, 2015. ***** This is a sad, pathetic story. It really makes me sad to write it; I hope it makes you sad to read it. On June 17th I was offered two tickets
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