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Take a pill

In 1967, my mother-in-law had to lie to a doctor to get the Pill, saying she was married (she wasn’t), interested in learning more about the rhythm method of birth control (she didn’t care), and having “troublesome” periods (nope). In 1987, my doctor offered it to me — then 15 — after asking a few […]

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Letters to the Editor

Re: Cookie Dough What an interesting letter! From this I learned: 1. Ms MacDonald has an overweight son and its due to his life at home. 2. She likes exclaimation points, and has no idea how to use them. 3.She is totally rotted out by the fact her son can’t eat leftovers for school lunches. […]

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A proposal to television

To the editor, I had the misfortune of catching an episode of Intervention and it just doesn’t seem real. The participants are either too down and out, or not down and out enough. Moreover, their friends still talk to them. In one episode a girl smoked crack and then chilled out with a companion. People […]

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Oh! The power!

To the editor, My family and I used to enjoy the October street party and were sorry to see it end when liquor and stupidity took over. It would be great if it could be re-introduced as the wholesome event it originally was. However, if you are going to promote its resurrection (Oct 13, “Trick […]

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News flash

“OK, what about banning cigarettes totally?” asked radio talk jock Andrew Krystal last Friday as he tried to pick a fight with a caller named James. Krystal, host of Maritime Morning on the new Rogers News 95.7, added, “I can’t go out and buy morphine. It’s bad for me, right?” “Yeah, no, absolutely,” James blurted […]

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