social net; Thousands of local students build friendships on Facebook

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Ian Blechschmidt has a new online addiction. It's not watching videos on YouTube or spending hundreds of dollars playing poker or even checking out MySpace profiles. Well, it's kind of like MySpace, but better. Much better, according to Blechschmidt. "I find myself skipping my e-mail and checking my profile every hour or so," said the 25-year-old University of Waterloo master's student, who started logging on to the site about a year ago. "It's definitely become a daily, if not hourly, ritual ... Read More

Grey hair a reminder that youth is not forever

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It took mere seconds, but the most terrifying moment of my life happened during a routine washroom break. After finishing up and giving myself a quick look in the mirror, I saw it -- and panicked. Read More