How to help your child deal with colds

The common cold is an infection of the upper respiratory system, which means it affects only the throat, nose, and ears. It is usually caused by a virus, most commonly rhinovirus or coronavirus, but more than 200 viruses can cause colds. Since there are so many, it is virtually impossible to create a vaccine or shot that will prevent you […]

Yummy Yummy: The 7 Best Business Lessons From Wiggles

At Macquarie University in the early 1990s, three Australian early childhood education students, Murray Cook, Greg Page and Anthony Field, decided that they had an urge to dress in brightly colored suits of red, yellow and blue (respectively). that look like the uniforms from the original “Star Trek” series. It wasn’t long before Anthony Field’s bandmate in The Cockroaches, Jeff […]

Lee Hawkers: A 1960s Cape Breton Teen Hide-and-Seek Game – A Precursor to Paint Ball?

There are segments of sociology, found perhaps only on Cape Breton Island, that need to be recorded, if not studied. The “Lee Hawkers” game is such a segment; a common summer night cry of “1-2-3 Lee Hawkers” heard in the woods surrounding the New Waterford neighborhood on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. This modified game of hide-and-seek involving two teams […]