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Celebrity Town Talk: Folk who helped make 2017 what it was
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Housing anxiety drives B.C. residents to seek professional help
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World Stranger than science: Seven really weird discoveries from 2017
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New Years resolutions that might actually make you happy
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World A woman went into labour at a grocery store — and the butcher helped deliver ...
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Fitness column: Active, healthy living provides better results than what social media stars peddle
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Is modern life too much for you? Maybe a tiny box in the woods is ...
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Celebrity Beauty Bar: Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick
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Women 2017 In Stories: Illegal, taboo and potentially deadly: Understanding the history of abortion in Ottawa
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Diet & Fitness Top Nutrition and Food Trends for 2018: "plant based" tops the charts
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Yoga for detained B.C. youths helps those living with trauma trust their bodies
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Fashion & Beauty This Just In: Live Clean Vanilla Peppermint Moisturizing Hand Soap, Joe Fresh Beauty Colour Correcting Crayons ...
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Fashion & Beauty New Year's Eve glam: Charlotte Tilbury artist Barri King dishes on the top beauty trends
Scientists aim at joint injuries that can trigger arthritis
WASHINGTON — Arthritis isn’t always from the wear and tear of getting older — younger adults too often get it after suffering knee or ankle injuries.
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Health Your stress can actually change your partner's brain, study suggests
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Food Ben & Jerry's latest to go low-calorie to take on Halo Top
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Family & Child Solid food to car seats: Book covers common baby questions
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Sexual Health Report: 4 in 10 young Canadians have sent a sext, 6 in 10 have received ...
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Diet & Fitness Fitness: Runners are on the path to a longer life
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Report: Women unnecessarily suffering from heart disease due to lack of research
'It's a Catch-22': Deathly-ill patient in ICU barred from liver transplant list unless he enters ...
While transplant agencies say the rule is necessary to make best use of a scarce resource, some experts argue the policy is not supported by the evidence
Fitness: Hot yoga is popular, but is it effective?
Study looks at whether the heat increases exercise intensity and energy expenditure
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Family & Child Don't hold in that sneeze: doctors say the ‘dangerous manoeuvre’ could cause your throat to ...
A case report in The British Medical Journal details a 34-year-old man who tried to contain a sneeze, which left him barely able to swallow or speak -
Diet & Fitness Fitness: Are runners as fit as they think?
The results of a study confirmed a few widely held notions about the habits of runners, but also offered a few surprises
2017 In Stories: Uncovering the hidden abuse occurring in long-term care homes
To read Elizabeth Payne’s original reporting that revealed a world of abuse in local long-term care facilities, click here:
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Liquor industry pressure puts abrupt stop to unique alcohol warning-label project in Yukon
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2017 In Stories: Discovering a decline in the basic athletic skills of our kids
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This secret experiment tricked psychiatrists into diagnosing sane people as having schizophrenia
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Legislation barring food marketing for kids likely to pass in new year
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Diet & Fitness Fitness: Hey, morning runners, these safety tips are for you
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Women The mere scent of a man can drive a woman to drink more alcohol, according ...
Women who smelled the male pheromone androsterone camouflaged as a men's cologne drink more 'beer' than women exposed to a water-only cologne -
Diet & Fitness When quitting smoking, the first week is the most important
Anyone who has tried to quit smoking knows that the first week is the most important — and the most challenging. -
Women 2017 In Stories: Illegal, taboo and potentially deadly: Understanding the history of abortion in Ottawa
The Best Stories of 2017: A century ago, abortion was on trial in Canada’s capital, but as journalist Megan Gillis discovered, the subject was so taboo, words like ‘abortion’ and ‘baby’ were never mentioned in the newspapers of the time. -
Health Keto in a bottle? New sports drink promises benefits of strict diet within minutes, not ...
When taken before or during exercise, a shot-sized bottle of a new sports drink claims to get people into a state of ketosis 'higher and faster than ever before' -
Personal Tech Cellphone usage is the new smoking. It's time to follow France's example and stamp it ...
Diane Francis: Look around any eatery or cafeteria or dinner table. Screens separate humans from one another -
Diet & Fitness Could an apple a day actually keep the doctor away? Scientists find a germ of ...
One of the longest studies on the impact of fruits and vegetables on human health has found a hearty diet keeps your lungs youthful -
Seniors Scientists hope to inject robo-cat with AI to help seniors
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Imagine a cat that can keep a person company, doesn’t need a litter box and can remind an aging relative to take her medicine or help find her eyeglasses.
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Women are attracted to muscular men: The year in ‘no duh’ science
In 2017, science taught us that exercise is good, people like to eat junk food and that everyone dies -
Family & Child Candy Cane Gala sheer delight for the kids
Imagine you’re in a room filled with hundreds and hundreds of children, all of whom are gleefully on sensory overload. -
Travel Olsen: Escaping Christmas for sun and sand
Ever wanted to replace your eggnog with a pina colada? The “most wonderful time of the year” can also be the most stressful time of the year. -
Diet & Fitness Last minute meals to keep everyone happy during the holidays
Perhaps, at this very moment, you are thinking about all the last-minute groceries you have to buy before you make Christmas dinner. -
Diet & Fitness Five holiday activities for people tired of elves and candy canes
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Local Arts Town Talk: My surgical kick by a horse for Christmas
OUCH: Surgeon James Hector was participating in an 1858 Rocky Mountain survey expedition when his mount gave him a whack that inspired the locations’ permanent name: Kicking Horse Pass. -
National Meet the Canadians who are choosing to live out of their vans and travel full-time
A community known as "van-lifers" share a desire for adventure, frustration with rental markets and, sometimes, social media fame -
Family & Child Left it to the last minute? Some novel ideas for the procrastinating shopper
If you’re going there any way for your brussels sprouts and pumpkin pie, don’t overlook grocery stores as a source for last-minute gifts. -
B.C. overdose crisis: Opioid in vending machines idea may be a valuable tool
While theft is a major concern of any opioid distribution system, anyone buying stolen vending machine pills would at least be getting safe drugs, says expert. -
Sexual Health Clinician awarded $2M grant to improve patient care in First Nation communities
A University of Saskatchewan researcher and clinician has received a $2 million grant to refine and expand how on-reserve patients are diagnosed and treated for HIV, Hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted blood-borne infections.
