Style File: Shorts in bloom

The long and the short on this season's hottest shorts

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Introducing ... Brasserie T!

Normand Laprise launches latest resto Friday in Quartier des Spectacles as the jazz fest gets underway

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Parents are keeping kids away from home this summer

Regardless of what school kids are doing this summer, one thing is clear: Most parents are keeping them away from home. According to a new Ipsos-Reid poll conducted for canada.com, a clear majority of children were destined for places other than their living room this summer, with 34 per cent of parents saying they intended to have their kids stay with grandparents and other relatives for at least a portion of the season.

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• Parents signing kids up for expensive camps even with tightened budgets
• Getting an early start will help children master golfing
• Let children experience a little danger
• Visually learners do better if education plays to their strengths

Divorce ceremonies give couples sense of renewal

With divorce on the rise in Japan, some couples are choosing to celebrate the end of an unhappy marriage by saying "I do" for a final time at a divorce ceremony before friends and family.

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• Fewer Canadian couples file for divorce
• Reasons for divorce not always clear
• Successful divorce doesn't have to be an oxymoron
• When mom and dad split: How to tell the kids
• Prepare yourself for divorce, financially
• British retailer offers gift registry for divorcees
• Bounce back in style at Paris divorce fair

New recycling bins can't stand the cold

New recycling bins created specially for the city of Montreal are up against a formidable foe this winter – the cold.

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