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In the video, Sheryl Ng<\/strong> lays out a bag of 2 per cent, a jug and a pair of scissors, wrote the Toronto Star<\/em> Feb. 5. She runs through the milk drinker’s skill set: the proper triangular cut, the cautious first pour, preventive measures to keep an overfull bag from collapsing.<\/p>\n

Collectively, the viewing world outside Ontario leaned back in its seat and said, “What. The hell. Is that?” wrote the Star.<\/p>\n

“My friends find it pretty amusing, because we all grew up in Toronto,” said Ng, a 22-year-old student at York University. “We thought it was normal.”<\/p>\n

Ng posted her milk-drinking video on YouTube<\/a> as a way of illustrating the differences between Canadians and Americans. They drink milk out of jugs. We drink it out of bags. She titled the whimsical instructional “Milk in bags, eh?” <\/p>\n

When it went viral a couple of days ago, it was retitled “How Canadians Drink Milk.”<\/p>\n

Police teams reach out to homeless<\/strong><\/p>\n

As experts say more needs to be done to keep homeless people out of jails, Calgary police have created a special unit to deal with the issue of homelessness, wrote the Calgary Herald<\/em> Feb. 5.<\/p>\n

Research out this week found prisoners returning to the community with inadequate discharge planning or temporary supports are at a higher risk of becoming homeless and re-entering the corrections system. <\/p>\n

“Prisoners who are sentenced or who are awaiting trial often lose their jobs and housing, and without support, wind up in homeless shelters and drop-ins upon release,” said the paper by Stephen Gaetz<\/strong>, associate dean of research & field development in the Faculty of Education at York University. “When prisoners become homeless, their chances of reoffending increase.”<\/p>\n

Brockville salute to John Matheson planned on Flag Day <\/strong><\/p>\n

The father of the Canadian flag, former Brockville lawyer and Leeds County MP from 1961-1968, John Matheson<\/strong> (LLB ’48), will be recognized by the Leed-Grenville Liberals on Flag Day, Feb. 15, wrote the Brockville Recorder & Times<\/em> Feb. 5.<\/p>\n

A fundraising event will be held by the Leeds-Grenville Federal Liberal Riding Association to recognize the 45th anniversary of the Canadian flag, said event spokesperson Duncan Fraser.<\/p>\n

The Quebec City-born Matheson was injured in battle in Ortona, Italy, during the Second World War. Upon returning to Canada with a wife, he completed his legal studies at Osgoode Hall and began practising law in Brockville during the early 1950s. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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