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THE QUESTIONI am female, 31, and have the biggest crush on a [...]

If you’re looking for a good night’s sleep, don’t work long hours at a high-pressure job. Or commute. Or get married and have kids. Too late? You can take some comfort in the fact that many Canadians are in the same sleepy boat, according to a Statistics Canada report released yesterday.
Findings from the government’s 2005 [...]

It was only a matter of time before writer and early childhood educator Brett Berk turned the abundant fodder around him into a book. There was the friend who hadn’t been out alone since the birth of her three-year-old son. A couple who turned their master suite over to their daughter and her mass of [...]

The apparent suicide of first-year Carleton University student Nadia Kajouji highlights one of the major challenges universities face when it comes to helping mentally ill students. The parents of 18-year-old Ms. Kajouji are blaming the school for failing to contact them about her treatment for depression, but because she was over 16, Carleton was subject [...]

Group Therapy is a relationship advice column that asks readers to contribute their wisdom. Each week, we offer up a problem for you to weigh in on, then publish the most lively responses, with a final word on the matter delivered by our columnist, Claudia Dey.
A reader writes: My girlfriend moved to Fort McMurray, Alta., [...]

To many, the recent news that Rob Lowe and his wife are suing their former nanny for telling secrets and lies about their family was simply the latest in a never-ending stream of juicy Hollywood scandals.
But for those parents who employ a nanny, it raises a serious question:
Just what exactly does your nanny [...]

Premier Dalton McGuinty said Friday he can’t promise that nurses won’t lose their jobs as hospitals struggle to balance their books, but he tried to soothe their concerns with assurances that more nurses will be hired over the next few years.
“I can’t guarantee that no Ontario hospital will ever take it upon itself to lay [...]

It’s hard to put a handle on Debra House, she has done so many things not only for herself, but for the community, whether it be Stirling or Belleville.
But there is one constant - the 55-year-old successful businesswoman has always worked at jobs where she was in control. It has characterized her life, except for [...]

When God spoke, John Tedford listened.
What followed is now having a major effect on Belleville’s Parkdale Baptist Church.
This Sunday, the 44-year-old Trenton resident will be inducted as the church’s senior pastor.
But his road to ministry has been far from normal.
“I can’t even express how it feels to know you’re doing what God wants you to [...]

How do Belleville Bulls fans rate on a scale of one to 10?
“I’d give them a nine,” says Allison Myers.
The Stirling native and Loyalist College student ought to know. After all, she has spent a lot of time in close quarters with many of the Bulls’ most ardent supporters.
Myers is enrolled in the tourism, marketing [...]