Halloween is fast approaching and we have stories to get you ready, including an environmentally friendly costume challenge and one woman’s boo humbug attitude toward the holiday (but not toward the chocolate).
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/JOZYW4NDA5GUTFN3DQJETWF5NI.jpg "Kids’ activity: Try the #OnHandHalloween costume challenge")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/VTFHCKPC7BDPJEKNHSO4S4BRK4.jpg "Boo humbug. What’s the big deal with Halloween anyway?")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/Q62GMWA7UBCXNLO3S27Z3YCDZM.JPG "At its core, Halloween is an Irish celebration of the rhythms of nature")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/B7F5F2GTJRD65FBSX4HT3ZKC2Y.jpg "The Addams Family 2 isn’t quite creepy or kooky enough to put viewers in the true Halloween spirit")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/OSBR7OKZWVBYBBJD77BQXZ5FAQ.jpg "Moms at Work is Canada’s first professional association for working mothers")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/KQG5VB6W4FGZPJNIC4JB65JY44.jpg "These organizations are helping young women see themselves in engineering careers")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/VMXU74IMNFJ4NPGUX4UEEXW4TI.JPG "Amplify: I grew up on social media - and we have the power to make it better")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/TRDAXJQZVRG4FGHSVVD7OOH3YM.jpg "Green your closet this October")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/7PM4NEHYCBDDPCCTN7NGEFW7F4.jpg "That fall when dad and I had cancer at the same time")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/XAK2OTLEF5DCZGN7NQIXNTELDE.jpg "I have found my happy place, and it’s in the bathtub")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/6RX2VIJU3ND43MMNLMHQQQVHXI.jpg "Why do I swear so much? I’m still trying to figure that out")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/VTIJGIQGEFHPDMU2FW77FWNPWM.jpg "Rain, rain, never go away: In praise of the pluviophile")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/64R6A3YSPNCYZBUXQN474UWSDI.jpg "Passionate skier Bud Rabjohn helped teach the blind to ski")
