Category: Family

Being a caregiver is a hard, thankless job

| March 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
Being a caregiver is a hard, thankless job

Barbara Webb was a caregiver for 15 years without knowing it My mother said to me once, “I feel you’ve missed your calling because of me.” Then she cried. About a month after the birth of my first-born son, my mother was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. She was rushed to the hospital where doctors [...]

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Protecting Canada’s Seniors Act good politics, bad policy

| March 3, 2013 | 0 Comments
Protecting Canada’s Seniors Act good politics, bad policy

Protecting Canada’s Seniors Act attacks wrong problems Crime issues are once again top of the federal government’s agenda. Too bad none of the laundry list of unrelated pieces of legislation will have an impact on actual crime rates – nor will any of the proposed legislation assist the victims of crime. It’s more politics than [...]

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Teletoon goes bananas with new original series Rocket Monkeys

| January 4, 2013 | 0 Comments
Teletoon goes bananas with new original series Rocket Monkeys

Hospital survey finds children at risk for medication overdoses

| January 3, 2013 | 0 Comments
Hospital survey finds children at risk for medication overdoses

60,000 children treated for accidental medication overdoses annually Beacon Staff Reporter Nearly one out of every four grandparents surveyed store prescription medicines at easy-access places, putting children at risk for medication overdoses. One of the most common storage places include daily-dose boxes that children can easily open. The survey, conducted by the the University of [...]

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Pixorial offers helpful tips for shooting perfect holiday videos

| December 21, 2012 | 0 Comments
Pixorial offers helpful tips for shooting perfect holiday videos

Top ten tips for capturing epic holiday videos Beacon Staff Reporter Pixorial asked veteran documentary producer Skip Sweeney for some helpful tips on how to create engaging and fun-to-watch holiday videos. Here’s what he said: Pick your “establishing shot” – like the outside of the house or the front door, and while recording add some [...]

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Find time for fitness in the New Year by making it a family affair

| December 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
Find time for fitness in the New Year by making it a family affair

Family dinners garner communication, good mental health

| December 6, 2012 | 0 Comments
Family dinners garner communication, good mental health

Low-income inequality fails to account for income mobility

| November 21, 2012 | 0 Comments
Low-income inequality fails to account for income mobility