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Canada has a thing called Statutory Holidays or Stats as they are commonly referred.  It seems funny just saying that.   A mandatory rest time.  Seems a little counterproductive.  I don`t agree that we should be given a work day off to commemorate Remembrance Day if it falls on a weekend.  I think Remembrance Day shouldn`t be trivialized by making it just another Stat.  However, one of the worst things about a Stat is finding something to watch on early morning television.  All I could find this morning was a re-run of Dragon`s Den.  I can`t believe my good fortune. There was a group of children on from Hope Blooms out of Halifax.   These particular pre-teens were identified as at risk kids.  There story is nothing more than extraordinary.   Their motto is when you change the way you look a things; the things you look at change.  I know most adults spend a lifetime trying to learn this lesson and these kid...