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Halifax Boss Who Repeatedly Groped Employee Gets Weekend Sentence

As for the timing of this article, I give this a three out of four, it is recent enough to still be in with many other top news articles, but it is still about a year old. 

The significance of this article is a  four out of four, I believe that this article is and should be very significant and important to many readers.

For proximity, I give it a four out of four, it is in Halifax which is relitively close to our home town.

For prominence, I gave it a three out of four, mainly because had the victim had have been famous in any way, the article would have blown up.

Human Interest I had given this article a four out of four, I believe many people would be interested in this kind of news because this is getting to be a serious problem that women need to watch out for.

This article got an over all score of eighteen out of twenty.


http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/10/22/halifax-boss-who-repeatedly-groped-employee-gets-weekend-sentence_a_23251896/?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage


Father Finds Long Lost Twin Sons In Edmonton

For timing, I have this article a four out of four because it is very recent, just happening Friday, the thirteenth.

The significance of this article is a four out of four, it is very heartwarming to the audience.

For proximity, I gave it a three out of four, Edmonton is close enough to feel an impact of their news stories. 

For promimence, it was given a three out of four because this man was not famous, however he soon became a huge deal after this article.

For Human interest I gave this article a four out of four, it is very sentimental and significant.

This article is receiving a eighteen out of twenty.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/edmonton/roberto-gaspar-twins-reunited-1.4364716

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