The holiday frenzy is upon us. The rush is on to find the "perfect" gift for everyone on your holiday list. Unfortunately, for many, the last minute dash to the Christmas Eve finish line is guaranteed to end unhappily -- presents that are too big, too small, and too outlandish. Too bad!

By some estimates as many as a third of holiday gift purchases are returned. In fact, up to 40 percent of all clothing purchased as presents will end up back at the stores it came from.

La Journée de l'alphabétisation familiale est l'activité d'alphabétisation familiale la plus importante au Canada.

Family Literacy Day is the largest national family literacy initiative in Canada.

Every year on January 27, families and communities across the country celebrate this special day at literacy-themed events coordinated by literacy organizations, schools, public libraries and families.

ABC Life Literacy Canada is asking every newspaper in Canada to run a Family Literacy Day advertisement. Newspapers Canada is proud to offer a variety of sizes for you to choose from. See below for links to the ads and the Family Literacy Day logo.

Finding time to learn, even for just 15 minutes a day together with your child can be hard to do with today's hectic schedules. But the benefits of dedicating this time together on a daily basis, whether reading and writing, playing and exercising, or simply talking about your day, are far-reaching and beneficial for everyone.

Every day, we send our kids off to school hoping they will learn something – anything – and grow into knowledgeable, successful adults. But while we deal with the daily details of that thing called life, we sometimes forget to encourage learning at home.

Whether it snows or not this holiday season, more and more Canadians are dreaming of a green Christmas. Green-- as in a holiday that is gentler to the environment.

From the food, to the gifts, to travel, the holidays are traditionally a time of excess and waste. Tons of wrapping paper and plastic packaging are destined for the landfill. Twinkling lights draw extra electricity from power plants. Countless tanks of gas will ferry shoppers from mall to mall to find the "perfect" gift, and back again to return them after Boxing Day!

CBC/Radio-Canada célèbre officiellement son 75e anniversaire le mercredi 2 novembre. Vous trouverez ci-dessous une lettre du président-directeur général Hubert T. Lacroix pour souligner l’événement. Nous aimerions pouvoir communiquer cette à vos lecteurs.

Nous vous faisons parvenir deux versions : une version courte et une version longue. Pour toute question, n’hésitez pas à communiquer avec nous.

Fire Safety Week 2011 sees the revolutionary anti-combustible Cold Fire™ make its journey from predominantly government and industrial use to availability for domestic use as well. Front line Tested by NASCAR racing teams and firefighters around the globe, Cold Fire's natural fire suppressants and retardants are now available to the public for use in their own homes.

Picture a friendly world reminiscent of a more innocent earlier time, a world of childhood wonder. This unique edutainment site where safety comes first has a mission to restore the innocence to childhood and in a real life story twist, it was virtual world producer and creator Eronne Foster's experience with street and addicted youth that made her so determined to create this site.

Every year, around the third week of September, hospitalization rates skyrocket for people with asthma. Research points to two main culprits:

1. Over the summer, people with asthma tend to break from routine, including managing their asthma
2. Once back at school, kids pass around viral infections (colds) and bring the bug home to family members.

Ways to stop the asthma spike: