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Aug
2006

Gerber Jarred Baby Food Back In Canada?

Gerber’s jarred baby food has not been on Canadian shelves for 8 years. Tonight while shopping at Walmart I noticed that 1/2 of the baby food on their shelves belonged to Gerber.

Years ago Heinz and Gerber had a price war. Gerber had it’s jarred food priced lower in Canada [...]

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29
Aug
2006

New Vaccine For Babies

An oral vaccine that protects babies against a nasty bug that causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea - and sends thousands of kids to hospital each year - will be available this fall in Canada.
RotaTeq, which protects against rotavirus gastroenteritis, is expected by doctors and pharmacists to be distributed in September.
The vaccine is coming [...]

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29
Aug
2006

No Batteries Required

I look around our house and I see maybe 2 toys that don’t need batteries. I wish that more companies could make toys that didn’t need large quantities of batteries.
This Deluxe Mini Play Cube made by Haba has 5 different activities on it. Your kids can learn counting, cooperative play, alphabet, [...]

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Aug
2006

Could Daycares Be A Haven for Germs?

A daycare in New Brunswick was closed last week while Public health officials determine how and where a four-year-old girl became infected with E. coli.

Dr. Cristin Muecke, the district medical health officer for Fredericton, said that a day-care centre the child attended in the city was closed for precautionary reasons.

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