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  • Parenting
    Bullying – How Parents Can Play an Important Role

    Bullying – How Parents Can Play an Important Role

    What is a parent's role when educating kids about bullying?
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    I’m a Sikh Mom, Should I Let My Daughters Cut Their Hair?

    I’m a Sikh Mom, Should I Let My Daughters Cut Their Hair?

    By Rajbinder Grewal “They’ve never cut their hair? Like ever? Not even a tr
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    Have You Had the Talk About Vaping? Here’s Why You Should

    Have You Had the Talk About Vaping? Here’s Why You Should

    Vaping is now a growing concern among the 13-18 age group.
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    Why I Chose to Live With My In-Laws

    Why I Chose to Live With My In-Laws

    Have you thought about living with your in-laws?
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    Should You Force Your Kids to Hug Relatives?

    Should You Force Your Kids to Hug Relatives?

    Forcing kids to hug relatives can impact their views of consent.
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  • Recipes
    Spicy Turkey and Veggie Rice Bowl

    Spicy Turkey and Veggie Rice Bowl

    A turkey and veggie bowl packed with flavour.
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    Turkey Casserole with Pasta and a hint of Garam Masala

    Turkey Casserole with Pasta and a hint of Garam Masala

    A fall favourite recipe that combines turkey, veggies, pasta, cheese and ga
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    Easy Snack Ideas for Your Next Book Club

    Easy Snack Ideas for Your Next Book Club

    6 great books for your next bookclub with appetizers for entertaining.
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    Turkey Burgers Spiced 3 Ways

    Turkey Burgers Spiced 3 Ways

    Whether you’re firing up your BBQ, having guests over, or are looking for a
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    5 Tips to Eating Healthier During South Asian Wedding Season 

    5 Tips to Eating Healthier During South Asian Wedding Season 

    How to keep nutrition in mind during wedding season.
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  • Culture
    Diwali Gift Ideas For Family and Friends

    Diwali Gift Ideas For Family and Friends

    Diwali gifts for all ages.
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    Eid Family Gift Guide

    Eid Family Gift Guide

    The ultimate Eid Gift Guide for the men, women, children, and families in y
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    Inspiring Voices: Vandana Vishwas, Architect of an Award-Winning Journey in Music

    Inspiring Voices: Vandana Vishwas, Architect of an Award-Winning Journey in Music

    Vandana Vishwas, a musical prodigy despite physical limitations.
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    4 Ways Indian Wedding Traditions are Evolving

    4 Ways Indian Wedding Traditions are Evolving

    What will expectations be like for Indian Weddings in the future?
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    Disney Junior Announces India-Inspired Cartoon Series For Kids

    Disney Junior Announces India-Inspired Cartoon Series For Kids

    Production has begun on Disney Junior's 'Mira, Royal Detective'.
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  • Education
    10 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in High School

    10 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in High School

    Help your child succeed in high School. Be a partner in their team for success.
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    Prevent the ‘Summer Slide’ with the NELSON Disney Learning Series

    Prevent the ‘Summer Slide’ with the NELSON Disney Learning Series

    NELSON, Canada's leading educational publisher launches NELSON's Disney Lea
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    Teachable Moments: How to Think Like A Teacher

    Teachable Moments: How to Think Like A Teacher

      By Maya Thiagarajan Last week, my son came home from school looking dejec
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    Bay Area School Enhances the Classroom Experience

    Bay Area School Enhances the Classroom Experience

    By Anjum Choudhry Nayyar Class size is one of many factors to consider when
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    Nurturing Your Child’s Language Development

    Nurturing Your Child’s Language Development

    How do you foster speech and language development in kids?
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  • Money
    Families and Taxes: Q &A

    Families and Taxes: Q &A

    Tax info from H&R Block Canada.
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     It’s That Time of Year: Let’s Get our Taxes On!

     It’s That Time of Year: Let’s Get our Taxes On!

    How H&R Block can make filing taxes easy.
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    Saving up for your kids’ education isn’t easy, but well worth the payout

    Saving up for your kids’ education isn’t easy, but well worth the payout

    The value of an RESP.
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    ScotiaBank and General Motors Help You Earn Your Next Vehicle

    A new Visa Card gives a faster way to earn that next vehicle.
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    Woman’s Work: Empowering Women For Success

    Woman’s Work: Empowering Women For Success

    An entrepreneur launches a business to tackle women's work.
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  • Fashion
    Taking Back the Pressure to Keep that ‘Summer Body’

    Taking Back the Pressure to Keep that ‘Summer Body’

    By Rajbinder Grewal While summer days may turn to back-to-school, there see
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    Sarena Udani: Turning Luxury Loungewear into A Successful Brand

    Sarena Udani: Turning Luxury Loungewear into A Successful Brand

    Not your grandmother's loungewear!
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    Rosena Sammi: changing the face of female empowerment

    Rosena Sammi: changing the face of female empowerment

    Mom and global fashion designer Rosena Sammi makes an impact on human traff
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    How to Plan A Maternity Shoot: Some South Asian Inspiration

    How to Plan A Maternity Shoot: Some South Asian Inspiration

    A look at a maternity shoot in the water!
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    5 Must-Have Maternity Staples for Winter and Cultural Events

    5 Must-Have Maternity Staples for Winter and Cultural Events

    Staying stylish and comfortable at all the festivities during the holiday s
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  • Travel
    Should You Take Your Kids to India—Is it worth it? 

    Should You Take Your Kids to India—Is it worth it? 

    Have fears about taking kids to India?
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    New Toy Story Land at Walt Disney World

    New Toy Story Land at Walt Disney World

    The new Toy Story Land at Walt Disney World Resort fosters a child's child’
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    Disney Cruise Line’s  New Spaces and New Experiences

    Disney Cruise Line’s New Spaces and New Experiences

    Exciting new spaces and new experiences designed for guests of all ages are
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    A Family Guide to a Weekend in Kingston

    A Family Guide to a Weekend in Kingston

    Why Kingston hits the mark with families.
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    Finding My Mumbai, Finding Myself

    Finding My Mumbai, Finding Myself

    Why we all need a little Mumbai.
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  • Health
    3 Ways to Empower Family Members Living with Diabetes

    3 Ways to Empower Family Members Living with Diabetes

    Helping families manage diabetes.
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    Protecting Elders: Why seniors need the flu shot

    Protecting Elders: Why seniors need the flu shot

    Protecting seniors this flu season.
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    Not just for kids: Why We Need to Protect Grandparents this Flu Season

    Not just for kids: Why We Need to Protect Grandparents this Flu Season

    Protecting grandparents during flu season.
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    Talking With Your Teen About Vaping

    Talking With Your Teen About Vaping

    Tips on talking with your teen about vaping.
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    Why South Asian Families Need to Pay Attention to Diabetes

    Why South Asian Families Need to Pay Attention to Diabetes

    Do you have a family connection to diabetes?
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  • Reads
    10 Books with Empowering Female Characters

    10 Books with Empowering Female Characters

    10 books empower girls with their strong female protagonists in a South Asi
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    10 Kids Books To Share The Story of Diwali

    10 Kids Books To Share The Story of Diwali

    Some of our favourite kids books that share the story of Diwali with differ
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    Sonali Dev: Changing the face of the Romance Genre

    Sonali Dev: Changing the face of the Romance Genre

    Author Sonali Dev changing the face of the Indian protagonist in the romanc
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    Anjali Mitter Duva: Writer, Dancer, Educator

    Anjali Mitter Duva: Writer, Dancer, Educator

    Anjali Mitter Duva, a bold and inspiring South Asian mom.
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    Raising Global Citizens in Today’s Classrooms: Meet Teacher, Author, Navjot Kaur

    Raising Global Citizens in Today’s Classrooms: Meet Teacher, Author, Navjot Kaur

    Teacher, Navjot Kaur bridges her Sikh heritage with education to provide mo
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  • Tech
    New App: Teaching Hindi through Nursery Rhymes

    New App: Teaching Hindi through Nursery Rhymes

    An app that teaches Hindi using nursery rhymes!
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    App Teaches Healthy Thinking Skills for Mental Health

    App Teaches Healthy Thinking Skills for Mental Health

    Healthy Minds app helps keep a check on mental health.
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    Teach Your Kids About Holi: The Festival of Colour

    Teach Your Kids About Holi: The Festival of Colour

    An interactive app can teach kids all about the 'Holi' festival.
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    Hashi Khushi: A Fun Interactive Way to Teach Young Kids Bengali Alphabets

    Hashi Khushi: A Fun Interactive Way to Teach Young Kids Bengali Alphabets

    We’re always on the lookout for apps that show interactive ways to teach th
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    Teach Your Child About Colours in Different South Asian Languages!

    Teach Your Child About Colours in Different South Asian Languages!

    An kids app to help share language and colours.
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  • Youth Talk
    What the #TimesUp Movement Means to Young Women

    What the #TimesUp Movement Means to Young Women

    Women are Speaking Up about Harassment and Abuse and why this will impact g
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    A Time for Community to Come Together

    A Time for Community to Come Together

    Travel ban inspires South Asian youth.
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    Young and Female In a Man’s World

    Young and Female In a Man’s World

    Are we preparing daughters for a man's world?
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    Learning About Sacrifice: A Conversation With Mom

    Learning About Sacrifice: A Conversation With Mom

    Growing up...Female.
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    Why We Need to Cherish Friendships as Women

    Why We Need to Cherish Friendships as Women

    The value of female friendships later in life.
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  • Bollywood
    In Conversation with Iram Haq, director of What Will People Say

    In Conversation with Iram Haq, director of What Will People Say

    A film that explores what happens when your parents' culture doesn't feel l
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    Win Tickets to the Toronto Screening of Viceroy’s House

    Win Tickets to the Toronto Screening of Viceroy’s House

    Win a pair of tickets to see Gurinder Chadha's new film!
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    Move over Netflix, there’s a new player in town: OnPrimeTV

    Move over Netflix, there’s a new player in town: OnPrimeTV

    New TV service offers great programming for audiences in UK.
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    Top 5 Bollywood Movies to Watch on Mother’s Day

    Top 5 Bollywood Movies to Watch on Mother’s Day

    5 Bollywood movies with strong mom characters.
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    Playing the woman card: More lady-oriented Indian films please

    Playing the woman card: More lady-oriented Indian films please

    A look at the debate around the film, Lipstick under my Burka.
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  • Ask Sitara
    Ask Sitara: How Do You Find Balance as a Mother?

    Ask Sitara: How Do You Find Balance as a Mother?

    Finding balance when kids and life collide.
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    Weight: Losing The Last Five to 10 lbs…Naturally.

    Weight: Losing The Last Five to 10 lbs…Naturally.

    Shedding the last 5 lbs naturally.
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    4 Smoothies to Boost Your Energy

    4 Smoothies to Boost Your Energy

    Four tasty smoothie recipes for moms on the go.
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    How to Stay Hydrated While Flying

    How to Stay Hydrated While Flying

    Natural ways to keep fluid levels up while travelling.
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    How to Keep Skin Glowing and Smooth

    How to Keep Skin Glowing and Smooth

    The perfect skin routine & DIY mask to keep skin glowing.
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    6 New Chevrolet Canada Vehicles For Every Family Member

    6 New Chevrolet Canada Vehicles For Every Family Member

    Favourite reveals from Chevrolet Canada.
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    10 Ways The 2016 Chevrolet Equinox Makes Its Mark

    10 Ways The 2016 Chevrolet Equinox Makes Its Mark

    Space and connectivity win in the 2016 Equinox.
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    Chocolate Barfi for Festival Drives

    Chocolate Barfi for Festival Drives

    Easy Chocolate Barfi!
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    A Chevrolet Canada Diwali Giveaway!

    A Chevrolet Canada Diwali Giveaway!

    A special Diwali drive giveaway from our partners at Chevrolet Canada.
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    ScotiaBank and General Motors Help You Earn Your Next Vehicle

    ScotiaBank and General Motors Help You Earn Your Next Vehicle

    A new Visa Card gives a faster way to earn that next vehicle.
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Third Trimester Workouts

Fitness With Ramona: Star-Worthy Advice

Fit Pregnancy: Second Trimester Workouts

Weight Training in Your 40’s

Staying Fit While Pregnant

A Look at a 7-Minute Workout For Moms

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