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By: Joanna Muir I remember thinking that Kindergarten was a long way off never mind Post Secondary Education but here I am with the end of the school year looming and my girls going into Grade 1 and 3 in September. Graduation and Post Secondary…
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Contributor guidelines Modern Mama Contributor guidelines We’re on the hunt for fabulous writers for ModernMama.com (Edmonton and area sites). Have a read below and then apply here! We ask that our contributors commit to a minimum of 5 articles that may or may not be related to one…
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By: Joanna Muir I remember thinking that Kindergarten was a long way off never mind Post Secondary Education but here I am with the end of the school year looming and my girls going into Grade 1 and 3 in September. Graduation and Post Secondary…
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By: Joanna Muir I remember thinking that Kindergarten was a long way off never mind Post Secondary Education but here I am with the end of the school year looming and my girls going into Grade 1 and 3 in September. Graduation and Post Secondary…
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I have had the pleasure of seeing several Cirque du Soleil shows in the past so I’m already a huge Cirque fan. The traveling show Amaluna and resident shows in Las Vegas: Zumanity, Mystere and Ka in addition to last night’s performance of Totem were all…
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By: Tamara Bailey The scene: my two-year old and I are in a walk-in clinic waiting to see a doctor. We’re singing The Wheels on the Bus as loud as we can. Who knew that song had so many possible verses? My off-key rendition aside,…
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