Walt and Judy Ribke are devastated to discover they're unable to have a child. Then Walt sees a Life magazine story about chimps learning sign language and decides to adopt  baby chimp Looee. 

Chatelaine book review: A Beautiful Truth by Colin McAdam

April 2013

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When the Facebook COO released her book, Lean In, it was met with a flurry of criticism and over-the-top accusations. Why so much hate? Caroline Cakebread offers one interesting theory. The real reason behind Sheryl Sandberg Lean In backlash.

Sheryl Sandberg Lean In backlash: The real reason behind the criticism

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Money &amp; Career

We have a neighbour, sweet as pie, who has a pool in her backyard. But her gate is broken and our kids could easily walk into her yard and fall in the pool. How to keep good neighbourly relations but ensure my children's safety.

Social quandary of the week: Neighbourly relations

Social quandary

From burnished copper and rose gold metallics to cheerful yellows and floral brights, here's how to decorate your home in the season's swank new colours. Get colour trends 2013.

Colour trends 2013: Decorate your home in the season's hottest colours

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Flannery Dean reflects on the the tragedy in Boston and tries to make sense of the devastation caused by two young brothers. 

What drove the Boston Bombers to do what they did?

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