chatelaine-daily, flannery-dean

The changes that a woman undergoes physically, emotionally and psychologically after giving birth are numerous. But there’s little information or attention paid to the changes men undergo, if any, once they become fathers.

What to watch — harrowing coverage from the battleground that is Syria or Dancing with the Stars? The former choice seems like the ethical pick, the latter makes you feel a little queasy.

A Toronto couple has announced that they’re raising their four-month-old in a unique manner: they’re keeping the baby’s sex a secret and raising him or her minus the (in)convenience of gender.

Oprah’s questionable expert endorsements; James Franco finally discovers Twitter; Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s eccentricities; the loudest cat in the world; and why we should be worried about solar storms.

With careful consideration, Joyce Saxton of Plenty, Saskatchewan – “a typical and, at the same time, a most exceptional homemaker” – was selected as the first winner.