Choosing Door Number Two
Kristin Jenkins
February 22, 2013
When my grandmother’s chronic indigestion turned out to be cancer of the pancreas, she was flabbergasted.
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When my grandmother’s chronic indigestion turned out to be cancer of the pancreas, she was flabbergasted.
Why does the blind man sing with such joy? In the hurly-burly of downtown Toronto’s busy Bloor-Yonge subway station, he stands alone during rush hour.
Every weekend when I get home to Belleville, Ont., my 85-year-old mother picks me up at the train station. She drives a little blue Chevy
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