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Its countdown to the 2011 Pride Festival. Amazing events are happening for the Queerio community. These organisations planning to entertain you with their wit and grit, also work all year round to provide support and various fun things to do.

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I really don't understand the hatred felt towards Valentine's day. I thought we were over the whole 1973 celebrating Christmas in October because then it won't be commercialized anger towards the man schtik. To me Valentine's is a mid-winter pick me up that gives the world permission to gorge themselves on chocolate, unnecessarily rich food and champagne. Obviously, like any woman, I'd rather be surprised with a bouquet of daisies out of no where, but I try not to expect these things from a boyfriend on a student budget.  Men on the other hand, hate Valentine's day because not only...

The Tales of a Canadian Girl Living in Southern Virginia By: Kimberley Cuachon-Haugh I love this column for the reason that I am able to share with all of you the ridiculous bullshit that I encounter on a daily basis here in Hampton Roads, Virginia.  As disconnected as the region is where all the cities strive for nothing more than being individual from the other, it clearly mirrors the majority of the people in the area that lack the synapse to prevent them from acting like such dumb asses. Lend your ear if you will to this crap.  My husband and I headed...

The Christmas shopping season officially arrived two weeks  before Halloween. We are sent on a quest, to  find the perfect prezzie for all the good boys and girls on your list. It’s a hustle and a bustle all around with stress and long line ups. Well, it’s the year to find a balance in all of this. I present to you, the solution to prezzie buying and giving to charity that isnt all that painful. Here's our picks for the top charities to give to this holiday season.

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Tales of a Canadian Girl Living in Southern Virginia.... By: Kim Cuachon-Haugh Last week I went in for my six-month dental cleaning.  Now, I have been to this dentist before but yet again they had me fill out the new patient forms just as I did six months ago.  And so I succumbed to the tedious forms, “No I have not been diagnosed with HIV; No I do not suffer from any respiratory difficulties….” After all that nonsense I was sat in the dental chair, enter the dentist and he said, “Oh, I remember you, you’re that Canadian.”  That Canadian?  Really? ...

Montreal native MELISSA AUF DE MAUR is definitely no newbie in the industry. With an extensive resume playing for Hole for five years and touring with bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins. Melissa is now touring for her second solo album “Out Of Our Minds” Melissa went to an arts elementary school and high school then went to Concordia University to which she got her BFA in Photography. “Out Of Our Minds” is not only an album it is also a film and a graphic novel. When I asked Melissa as to why she decided to make the album multi-media based...

The Tales of a Canadian Girl Living in Southern Virginia.... By: Kimberley Cuachon-Haugh What is making front page news is the policy that is banning teens from the only Norfolk mall after 5 p.m.  To put things in perspective, it would be as if anyone younger than 18 not being allowed to shop at the Eaton Center—I know. The ban, which has been in effect for a year now permits minors to shop after the curfew time only while accompanied with someone 21 or older.  Steep rules indeed, but this isn’t because we live in the Bible Belt, child, but due to the...

Tales of a Canadian living in Southern Virginia... By Kimberley Cuachon-Haugh Excessive wait times in ERs made front page news last weekend in The Virginian-Pilot outlining a new SOP Medicare is rolling out.  Living in the US now for a year, I am still baffled as to how healthcare works in this country—insurance (or lack thereof), co-pays, claims, reimbursements etc.  In fact, after my first physical that I had here I walked right out the door and the receptionist came running after me for my credit card. With every American that...

The tales of a Canadian Girl living in Southern Virginia...By: Kimberley Cuachon-Haugh

The tales of a Canadian Girl living in Southern Virginia... With today being September  11^th  I have been looking forward to  the American versus Muslim type  stories to rear.  And they have been—especially with the Mosque sorry, Muslim community center , in the midst at Ground Zero.  One article in particular that caught my eye was a story that broke from the Associated Press about the staging of “International Burn a Quaran Day”.  Rev. Terry Jones who spearheads an evangelical Christian church out of Gainesville, Florida plans to torch copies of the Islamic holy text today.  OK,...

Tales of a Canuck in Southern Virginia... Words by Kim Cuachon-Haugh [caption id="attachment_17029" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Page 29 of my program book"][/caption] A recent minor league baseball game in Norfolk, led me to page 29 of the $5 dollar program book that I found on the floor.  This time I actually read through the collection of ads primarily to learn a smidge more about this wonderful city that I live in.  Back to page 29, which contained a half-page ad for an exclusively male salon called Knockouts.  How cleaver!  It indicated, a list of services to include: “haircuts, massage,...