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Tweets to ‘mourn’ celebrities is just sad

It’s never diplomatic to speak of funerals as good news. Still, a silver lining in last weekend’s return of Debby Reynolds to the dust from which she came is that it should put an end to the necrotic cataloguing of ...

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Loving Yourself: A how-to guide

Over the years, I have beaten myself up over business breakdowns, lost relationships and countless other failures. I would only look at what I had done wrong and where I was at fault. And, of course, this would only make ...

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NY to replace nuclear with QC hydroelectric power

New York State has reached a deal to shut down the 40-year-old Indian Point Nuclear Station, located less than 30 miles north of New York City, on the basis that it is too close to a large urban area—and plans ...

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UofT lecture on ‘geography of energy’ Jan. 19

The Michael Hough/OALA Visiting Critic Lecture will explore “What is the geography of energy?” with Pierre Bélanger and Jessica F. Green on Jan. 19 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W. “What is ...

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Indigenous people are not the ‘ghosts of history’

Indigenous Canadians have been described as “ghosts of history.” To a great extent, they have been ignored, even though Canadians are fully aware that indigenous people were here long before Europeans. Canadians know that indigenous people have been mistreated – ...

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Antsy students, teacher misconduct and failing math scores

Schools across Canada went to great lengths in 2016 to re-engage fidgety students failing math in what may be known as the Year of Self-Regulation. Coping with today’s restless kids requires every conceivable pacifier, including spin bikes, exercise balls, wiggle ...

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2016 was the year of elite comeuppance

From Brexit to the election of Donald Trump, 2016 wasn’t a great year for elite policy-makers, pundits and prognosticators. Despite voluminous quantities of advising, lecturing, hectoring and finger-wagging, the hoi polloi persisted in making up their own minds. elites comeuppance ...

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7 players who might take NHL Calder trophy

It’s time again for Auston City Limits, our horse-race analysis of the 2016-17 contest for the NHL’s Calder Trophy, symbolic of the rookie of the year. We’re calling it Auston, of course, in honour of the Toronto Maple Leafs wunderkind ...

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Five steps to improving your life in 2017

I relish the opportunity to reflect on the year—and give thought to what I want to be different going forward and how I will accomplish that. improved life I gave up making actual resolutions years ago; like everyone else, my ...

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How to make a New Year’s resolution that sticks

Broadcaster and motivational expert Earl Nightingale tells us, “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.”effective resolutions Many of us come up with New Year’s resolutions every year. Unfortunately, we often end up frustrated andoverly self-critical when things don’t ...

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