For parents struggling with co-parenting, the following article contains information and advice that may provide assistance and ease some of the strains each partner faces following separation. 

By Tralee Pearce, Globe  & Mail  October 7, 2011

For divorced parents, this weekend is not only a minefield of potential blow-ups – where will the kids eat the big meal? How fast can I get them to their dad’s house? Why did my ex-wife tire them out before my visit? – it also marks the gateway to a season of more of the same.

But for parents dialled into the growing culture of "co-parenting after divorce" espoused by family lawyers, mediators and self-help authors, it doesn’t have to be a nightmare. It might make you a better parent.

The co-parenting field has blossomed in the past 10 years. More men are assuming joint custody after divorce and expect to be full-fledged parents. More couples are seeking out "collaborative law" practices to keep them out of nasty court disputes. And, in a society obsessed with ferreting out the latest thinking on good parenting, the well-known negative effects of divorce are to be avoided at all costs.

Jesse Ketchum has been transformed as a result of the $1.2 million the school received to compensate for the shadows that will be cast by the new Four Season Hotel across the street and up the block.   

The new soccer pitch is resplendent in artificial turf that will see an end to rutted, muddy unplayable pitches the kids have used in the past. An advisory group of parents and community members worked for two years on the plans and on finding a design that provides something forall the kids in the school.

Now that he's won his majority, Stephen Harper has  made one of his first priorities the right of Canadians to fly our flag on private property as we wish. I declare before you all my respect for and love of our flag, which has become a national emblem embodying our dreams and aspirations and pride as a nation.

But who knew we needed permission to fly the thing?

Turns out some fellows in the condo and apartment business have been a little high handed in telling Canadians thus inclined that they are not allowed to drape the flag off their balconies or from flag pole holders near the eaves troughs.

But the government on guard for thee. Before you could run it up and salute it, they passed a law saying you could darn well do so. I sleep better at nights now and I'm just waiting for some lunk head to set it on fire and then stomp all over it. We can really have a patriotic bust up then. And you thought only Americans cared about their flag. Nope.