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Quiz: Can you identify this tree from its leaf?

Quiz: Can you identify this tree from its leaf?

While some trees are evergreen, they can be distinguished by the hardness of their needles and whether they grow in groups or individually.
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Photos: 12 iconic 20th-century designs still used in modern furniture today

Photos: 12 iconic 20th-century designs still used in modern furniture today

Here's a list of iconic 20th-century designs still used in modern furniture today
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Ask Ellie: Wife's raw food diet a sign hubby needs to step up in kitchen

Ask Ellie: Wife's raw food diet a sign hubby needs to step up in kitchen

Maybe she stopped cooking because she wants you to notice how much work she’s actually doing.
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Kicking the Clutter: Have you let a New Year’s resolution slip?

Kicking the Clutter: Have you let a New Year’s resolution slip?

Here’s why they sometimes fail (but it’s never too late to start over)
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How online booking has changed the travel agent landscape

How online booking has changed the travel agent landscape

A travel agent's clients include corporations, groups, or individuals, who often have very different travel needs and expectations.
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Claire Nielsen: Parenting an ADD/ADHD child

Claire Nielsen: Parenting an ADD/ADHD child

For the ADD/ADHD mind, it is very difficult to focus on areas that don’t hold any interest, so topics that are boring are often not absorbed.
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Ask Ellie: Monthly visits might curb neighbour's nosiness

Ask Ellie: Monthly visits might curb neighbour's nosiness

If he tries to chat with you in between visits, just apologize and say you’re running late
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Travel: Alligators and airboats in the Everglades

Travel: Alligators and airboats in the Everglades

“Alligators can be cannibals and eat each other all the time, so I don’t think they’ll take it personally if we eat them."
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Ask Ellie: No need to match other parents' laissez-faire attitude

Ask Ellie: No need to match other parents' laissez-faire attitude

You are your child’s best advocate and protector, so you must do what’s right for you and her
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Ikea Canada recalls mirror due to the risk of it falling

Ikea Canada recalls mirror due to the risk of it falling

You can either replace the wall fittings or request a refund.
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