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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My wife and I, along with our kids, went on a trip to her hometown — which is situated on a lake — for a week recently. On the second day we were all on the beach, and this guy and his family showed up, and he came right over to sit with us. My wife didn’t look at all surprised. It turned out she had invited them.

I knew who he was right away — her high school boyfriend with a long red ponytail and arms full of tattoos. How could I not know?

I felt instantly suspicious as the “surprise” beach rendezvous was obviously planned ahead.

In short order, the one-on-one quiet talking between my wife and her ex was obviously too intimate. His wife then stood up. She packed up their kids and informed him he would be walking home if he didn’t come back with them ASAP. They all left abruptly.

Clarification: A letter to the editor in the Aug. 6 edition of the Free Press, headlined Defining context, indicated that the federal auditor-general criticized the Canadian Museum for Human Rights for having had deficiencies in managing its exhibitions, saying, “without rigorous systems and practices to ensure accuracy and balance … errors and bias could be introduced to exhibits which could adversely affect the corporation’s reputation and be costly to correct after the fact.”

The report in question was done in 2017 and released publicly in 2018. At the time, the museum agreed with the findings and listed a series of steps it would take to address the issue.

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