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2,317 Ways to Save Money and Time Baking Soda Use as deicer in winter: Salt and commercial ice-melt formulations can stain—or actually eat away—the concrete around your house. For an equally effective, but completely innocuous, way to melt the ice on your steps and walkways during those cold...

Just how and when do you step in to help your aging—and so independent—parents? BY DOUGLAS TODD My mother and stepfather were married for 30 years. They lived on a steep hillside on the North Shore of Vancouver, surrounded by evergreens and views of the Coast Mountains. When they retired, they...

A simple gesture can make a world of difference in someone’s life The following story was submitted by Sherrie Handspiker of Dartmouth, N.S. Last year my husband developed epilepsy on top of the mental-health issues he’d been battling. Dale became fearful of going anywhere alone or of being...

The Crown's powers originated from a "whole bundle of ancient privileges". As the concept of democracy took root, some of these powers were limited or abolished and others were transformed into written laws. These powers are still mostly unwritten, with the exception of the right to summon and...

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God, for this simple reason, Mary is the mother of the Son of God. Jesus is not only the Son of God but is also God, if we contemplate the mystery of the Holy Trinity, by which we say that God is three different persons but...

How Often Is Your Favourite Classic Rocker Heard On AM and FM Radio? (as of November, 2003) One million performances is the equivalent of approximately 50,000 broadcast hours, or more than 5.7 years of continuous airplay! Over 8 Million Times The Righteous Brothers -...

The Top Ten Best Selling Singles Of All Time In All Categories, Including: Rock, Country, Rap, Movie Soundtracks, Big Band and Children's. As Of November, 2003 (Millions Sold Title Artist's Name )1 37 Candle In The Wind -- (Princess Diana Tribute) Elton John 2 30 White Christmas Bing...

By Les Perreaux MONTREAL (CP) - Women and men flock to touch the garments of Justin Trudeau whenever he walks into a room at the Liberal convention. At a packed soiree organized by Gerard Kennedy's leadership campaign, it was Trudeau with his pint of beer who was the real star of the show...

By Bruce Cheadle MONTREAL (CP) - Paul Martin made no apologies Thursday for his short tenure at 24 Sussex Drive, but instead lauded his record in office and implored federal Liberals to unite under his successor. Canada's 21st prime minister was treated to a lengthy standing ovation to end...

By Fr. Roger Landry Headlines were captured in February 2002by the tragic reports that as many as seventy priests in the Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, allegedly have abused young people whom they were consecrated to serve. In the wake this news, allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic...

The Greek roots of the term "Catholic" mean "according to (kata-) the whole (holos)," or more colloquially, "universal." At the beginning of the second century, we find in the letters of Ignatius the first surviving use of the term "Catholic" in reference to the Church. At that time, or shortly...

Berryville, Arkansas Dale Ertel loves snakes. He has over 70 of them -- "more snakes than the reptile house at the Little Rock zoo," he claims with pride -- in an old trailer parked on his property off of US 62. "Snake World" says the hand-made sign out by the road. How could we resist? Dale...

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT I am the LORD your God, You shall not have strange gods before me. [Ex 20:2-5] "You shall adore the Lord your God only and him only shall you serve."[Mt 4:10] Am I keeping this commandment? Do I give God time every day in prayer? Do I seek to love Him with my whole...

<DIV> Immaculate Conception is the title by which we recognize that the Blessed Virgin Mary by a special grace of God was exempt of original sin. She announced herself with this title to Bernadette Soubiruous in the Apparitions of Lourdes in 1858. The authenticity of these apparitions has...

By Gregory Bonnell TORONTO (CP) - The author of a book about the Robert Baltovich murder case said Wednesday that while he has "nothing to hide," he intends to fight a subpoena ordering him to surrender his source material to Crown prosecutors. Author Derek Finkle said it would be violation...

By Les Perreaux MONTREAL (CP) - Liberal red is looking a little orange for leadership hopeful Bob Rae. Rae's gigantic sign at the entrance of the Montreal convention centre has some delegates taking a second look. Is the former NDP premier of Ontario and relative Liberal newcomer advertising...

MONTREAL (CP) - The hoopla and excitement is building at the Liberal leadership convention as the eight contenders make their grand entrances. But the difference is stark among the four contenders with a real shot at winning and the four trailing candidates. Bob Rae, Gerard Kennedy and...

Kaposka(sp way off):-) My mother was Hungarian and this is one of their dishes..in English it would be saurkraut and spare-ribs:-)

By Susan Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teens who play violent video games show increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern self-control, a study released on Tuesday found. The study used functional magnetic resonance imaging...