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Women look at whether biology reality meshes with financial, educational goals
Friday, 12 March 2010 - 8:34am Amanda Daniels never thought she’d be worried about her fertility as her 30th birthday approached.
“I figured I would be married with kids by now,” says the 29-year-old marketing assistant, who wonders if she’ll be able to have children into her 40s like her mother did.
“It would take a lot of pressure off me if I knew how much time I had left.”
Human Library: Guelph university lends people for 30-minute talks on prejudice
Thursday, 4 March 2010 - 2:21pm When Chris Langley volunteered to help out with a project at his university library last year, he didn’t imagine he’d wind up becoming a book.
The 25-year-old master’s student was intrigued by the notion of a human library, a space in which prospective readers scheduled half-hour time slots with real people and engaged in direct conversations about prejudice.
Men advised to do fiancee formula to determine best time to propose
Thursday, 4 March 2010 - 8:27am TORONTO — You’ve fallen in love. You can’t imagine life without her. Congratulations.
Now, before you start saving up two months’ salary, get out your calculator. We need to figure out if the numbers add up.
In what may qualify as the least romantic study on romance ever done, Australian researchers have popped out a math equation that purports to tell men the best time to propose.
Sexy silver strands: Fashionistas say grey hair is suddenly in style
Thursday, 25 February 2010 - 8:35am TORONTO — New York stylist Ashley Javier used to have a code word to ease the pain for young clients going prematurely grey.
He’d call the unwanted hair “sparkles.” Now he calls them stylish.
Superman’s debut comic book, printed in 1938, sells in NYC for record-shattering $1 million
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 - 9:14amNEW YORK — A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman sold Monday for $1 million, smashing the previous record price for a comic book.
Sandra Bullock wears Oscar statuette-inspired gown among fashion-forward looks
Monday, 8 March 2010 - 8:30amSandra Bullock dressed the part at Sunday’s Academy Awards: She wore a gleaming, metallic, slim-fitting gown that seemed fashioned after the Oscar statuette itself.
Quilts crafted to bring comfort to grieving families of fallen soldiers
Wednesday, 13 January 2010 - 9:40amTORONTO — In the sunroom of her Nova Scotia home, Anne Snyder displays a precious gift — a full-sized quilt crafted by the hands of people she has never met, who live thousands of kilometres away.
Do Americans like dogs or cats best? Dogs win, cats are most disliked
Friday, 8 January 2010 - 8:51am LOS ANGELES — Cats. Dogs. Those can be fighting words in some circles.
Cats are “nasty, stinking creatures,” says Mark David of Warrensburg, Mo. And dogs? They’re noisy, disruptive and “lick you and themselves,” counters Sanford Reikes of Louisville, Ky.
Teens are responsible enough to drive, they’re mature enough to vote: NDP leader
Friday, 8 January 2010 - 8:49am WINNIPEG At 16, Canadian teenagers can drive a car, pay income taxes, apply for military college and even be tried in court as an adult.
So, many are wondering why — when they are entrusted with so many adult responsibilities — teenagers still don’t have the right to cast a ballot for a school trustee, city councillor, provincial or federal representative.
Rare Canadian penny sold for big bucks at U.S. auction
Monday, 4 January 2010 - 9:05am NEW YORK — The buyer of a rare Canadian penny was in for a lot more than a pound at an auction in New York.
The penny dating from the 1930’s sold for US$402,500 on Sunday.
The penny is rare because it’s one of only three known 1936-dated Canadian cents struck by the Royal Canadian Mint with a small but distinctive dot below the date to indicate it actually was made in 1937.
