Mar
12
2014

RECALL: Heinz Baby Food

Possible Contamination

heinz baby food

Heinz Canada has voluntarily recalled the following 128ml baby food pouches for fear that a defect in packaging could lead to contamination by “spoilage microorganisms”:

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norweigen girl singing

Hey jazz fans, you've got to see this. A seven-year-old girl had jaws dropping all over the place, on Norway's Got Talent, with her soulful performance of Billie Holiday's 1941 hit, "Gloomy Sunday"—a song she found by accident on her mom's iPad when she couldn't sleep one night. 

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Mar
07
2014
women pilots shouldn't exist

You might be somewhat disarmed to find that the sexist note left for a female WestJet pilot was penned in Canada in the year 2014. A passenger, en route from Calgary to Victoria, felt necessary to express his dissatisfaction that the person flying the plane wasn't in possession of the right kind of tackle.

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recall rainjackets

Health Canada has recalled the following rainwear (style/colour/size):

  • Children's Unisex Reversible Nylon/PVC Raincoat 9500 Navy/Yellow 4-5-6-6X
  • Children's Unisex Reversible Nylon/PVC Raincoat 9600 Navy/Yellow 8-10-12
  • Poncho 3600 Navy/Yellow 42" x 62"

Health Canada determined that the drawstrings on the rainwear could become caught on objects, resulting in a strangulation hazard. 

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Mar
04
2014
children copy their parents

Monkey see, monkey do. That's what we say about children. And this cautionary video (courtesy of the Huffington Post), created by Australia's National Child Protection Clearing House (NAPCAN), will really drive the message home. 

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Mar
04
2014
baby ears

Do you have a sound machine to help your baby fall asleep? You know, one that plays white noise or ocean sounds? A study from The Hospital for Sick Children has concluded that some machines may be harmful to a developing baby.

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Disney parody of Frozen

Another day, another gem of a Disney parody. This cover of "Let It Go," from the animated film Frozen, takes on modern motherhood. 

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Feb
28
2014

This Four-Year-Old Fashionista Will Fascinate You

Mayhem and Her Mom Are Creating Celebrity Fashions—out of paper

girl making oscar dresses out of paper

No one will be ogling red carpet fashions at the forthcoming Oscars quite like a 4-year-old girl named Mayhem. The pint-sized fashionista is giving celebrity kids, like Suri Cruise and North West, a run for their money with her celebrity dresses fashioned out of paper. 

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Penis drawing

Are you a doodler? What do you draw? In a move reminiscent of that Seth Rogen movie Super Bad, a guy responded to his wife's challenge by caricaturing a penis on her new whiteboard every day for a year. Holy hotdogs, Batman, that's a lot of genitalia!

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wild game meat

How do you feel about eating muskrat, hare, deer, and beaver? How about squirrel? Are you game?

According to an article in CBC, wild game meat has been given the green light from the provincial government allowing certain Quebec restaurants to serve it to punters.

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