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Breast-feeding gets cold shoulder in B.C. hospitals
Elizabeth Pisani shines a light on sex, drugs, and HIV
Honda Civic DX-G Coupe proves thrifty can also be lively
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Savage Love

Virtual partners and golden showers

We can spend all day worrying about terrifying new sex technologies that have yet to be developed—virtual fuck buddies, horse-hung sexbots—or we can cross those terrifying bridges when we come to, on, or in them.
Astrology

Your horoscope for June 25 to July 3, 2008

The new moon on July 2 occurred close to Canada’s sun, giving the message of a fresh start in a new direction.
Health Features

Breast-feeding gets cold shoulder in B.C. hospitals

It's widely known that breast is best, yet only 29 percent of B.C. moms breast-feed their babies exclusively for the first six months of their lives. And one key reason is the solid grip that infant-formula makers have on doctors and nurses.
Health Features

Elizabeth Pisani shines a light on sex, drugs, and HIV

The author of The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS believes that political leaders must acknowledge publicly that sex is pleasurable in order to win the war on the disease.
Sports

Canada is crying out for new sporting heroes

As a country, we suck at sports right now. Forget “O Canada”. Lately, it’s been “Woe Canada”. It won’t always be this way, but if you can find something—anything—to get excited about, please let the rest of us know.
Transportation

Honda Civic DX-G Coupe proves thrifty can also be lively

We all want to do the right thing these days and want to have a hybrid, but they're not exactly stimulating. However, this clean and thrifty nonhybrid car is fun to be in, with good acceleration and a high level of refinement.
Cartoons

The Promotion

Starring Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly. Rated 14A.
Blog - Quickies | Health Features

Why more women don't breast-feed in Vancouver

Last week, two Burnaby Hospital nurses resigned over Nestlé Nutrition’s internally forwarded invitation to wine and dine obstetrical staff. Kudos to them for standing up to the formula corporation. Clearly companies that make formula shouldn’t smooze our obstetrical professionals.
Savage Love

Why should a lesbian have my boyfriend's child?

The gay-marriage decision and her boyfriend’s aborted decision to serve as sperm donor for a lesbian couple have nothing whatsoever to do with each other, and her efforts to link them only make this reader look like a nutcase.