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Canada has signed the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. The Canadian government encourages the infant formula industry to comply with the Code, which means not marketing or promoting infant formula in any way. I explained this and more in my post that concluded Nestle and other infant formula manufacturers do aggressively promote [...]
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Health Canada has been busy issuing recalls of wood toys due to excess levels of Barium. These are toys from companies like Melissa & Doug, that concientious safety-minded parents have come to trust. It also includes toys from the Toys R Us Imaginarium brand. These are toys that are in many houses. [...]
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I wrote previously about balancing the pros and cons of the H1N1 vaccine in making the best decision for your family. We decided to get vaccinated. However, I still think it can go either way and each family needs to make their own choice.
Yesterday, the Government of Canada finally released its first report on H1N1 [...]
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Today I read a post by@curiousdad on his blog over at the Vancouver Sun. He wrote H1N1 flu vaccine: What the skeptics aren’t telling you. In his post he outlines a case for getting the vaccine and especially for getting your kids vaccinated. His post starts out with:
As the H1N1 vaccine starts to become available [...]
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I love it when I get to share some good news as an update to an issue I posted on in the past. Back in November, I wrote about a couple who were having twins where both mom and dad wanted to take parental leave. In double the babies, double the work, double the leave, [...]
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I get tired watching the debate about public health care in the United States. The myths, the lies and fear are overwhelming and unjustified. Most people can agree that it is unacceptable that millions and millions of Americans do not have health insurance. But beyond that, there seems to be a perception that if you [...]
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I am Canadian.
I am Canadian and I don’t want to be a hockey mom.
It isn’t the early Saturday morning practices in a damp cold arena clutching my coffee mug that are deterring me. Not that I would particularly look forward to that, but if that was the worst of an otherwise rewarding and life changing [...]
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You know the spoiled little rich girl complaining that her Daddy won’t buy her a Porsche and she has to make due with a BMW? If you’re American, you’ll probably think I sound like that spoiled little rich girl after reading this post. I’m sorry.
I’m Canadian.
I have access to almost a year of leave (combined [...]
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The joys of living in the woods.
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