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PAM FRAMPTON: Autograph books capture memories of a gentler era

Autograph books, once popular decades ago, were a way for friends to share messages of support and love that's been lost in today

These are fractious times.

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Canada and the United States — supposedly each other’s greatest friend — are barely on speaking terms, locked in an intractable trade dispute.

AI is running rampant — and going rogue at times — easily scaling the flimsy guardrails set up to keep it in line.

U.S. President Donald Trump is getting nastier and more petulant by the minute, recently calling Canada “one of the worst countries in the entire world.”

To read and listen to the news these days can feel like an act of self-flagellation — the dysfunction, the destruction, the violence and aggression all make us feel more despondent about the state of the world.

It can make you long for a time when things were simpler. A time when our friends and our foes were clearly identifiable, our sovereignty as Canadians unchallenged.

Simple messages of friendship

Recently, a friend was going through some things in storage and came upon an........

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