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March 21, 2011 10:00 AM
As our Stranger Than Fiction series comes to a close, we want to thank everyone who joined us on our collective journey of hilarious, tragic, dramatic, amusing, nonsensical and memorable stories. The personal tales we received from across the country were both entertaining and inspiring.

If you missed any stories from our featured writers, you can always listen to them online.
Until next time!
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Stranger Than Fiction: Exposed

Third Challenge Winner + The End!

March 21, 2011 9:45 AM
Heather O'Neill has chosen our third Stranger Than Fiction challenge winner (theme: dating disasters). She reveals her choice and offers some parting words below. The entries for the Worst Date Ever really made me laugh. One was about a boy...
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By Garnet Johnson-Koehn (Hamilton, ON)

March 17, 2011 2:01 PM
The worst date I ever had was with my partner, and it nearly killed our relationship before it began.  At a party she'd thrown, I offered to stay behind after everyone else had gone home and help clean, a subtle...
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By Susan Toy (Calgary, AB)

March 17, 2011 2:01 PM
My first university year, computer dating was introduced. We latched to a scientific way of meeting our perfect match, and filled in questionnaires. Cards were notched and fed through a computer, which spit out a list of compatible dates. We...
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By Patricia Page (Toronto, ON)

March 17, 2011 2:00 PM
If that hostess hadn't denied us a table that rainy night, perhaps the Valentine's Day disaster we remember vividly wouldn't have been so... disastrous. But, she insisted. So, we ended up in a dodgy part of town at a restaurant...
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Thanks to everyone who submitted to our Stranger Than Fiction challenges. Our challenges are now closed, but you can still read some of your submissions here.

Challenge #1 winner:
Edgar Rudolph
Challenge #2 winner:
Jowita Bydlowska
Challenge #3 winner:
Caitlin Galway

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