Hard News
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/recession-over-not-in-toronto-area/article1768116/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-swiss-agree-on-changes-to-tax-air-travel-treaties/article1768367/
"Recession over? Not for Toronto area"and "Harper, Swiss agree on changes to tax, air-travel treaties" stories are a hard news story because it tells news thats going on right now and also it has a factual approach, it tells what happened who was involved where and when did it happen and why.

Soft News
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/fried-chicken-its-the-comfort-food-du-jour/article1766857/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/does-having-sisters-make-a-man-less-sexy/article1767811/
"Fried chicken: It's the comfort food du jour" and "Does having sisters make a man less sexy?" these stories are soft nerws because it is "news you can use" since it informs you of food and also, how attractive you could be to the opposite sex. Also these sories are more entertaining to read than to read about politics or anything of the boring sort.