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    Gathie Falk: It's the Simple Things

    As I step over the threshold into the home of Canadian artist Gathie Falk, there is an immediate understa ...

    As I step over the threshold into the home of Canadian artist Gathie Falk, there is an immediate understanding that this is no ordinary place. The foyer expands into a bright, airy, open concept sitti ...

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    5 Food That Could Help With Arthritis

    Many of us have felt the pain, stiffness and loss of mobility that comes with arthritis. The feeling can ...

    Many of us have felt the pain, stiffness and loss of mobility that comes with arthritis. The feeling can range from a dull ache to debilitating pain. There are over 100 different types of arthritis – ...

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    Justifying the Cost of Retirement Housing

    Sticker shock is a significant deterrent for families searching for the next level in care for their love ...

    Sticker shock is a significant deterrent for families searching for the next level in care for their loved one. Monthly fees for senior care range from around $1,400 to $6,000, according to the Govern ...

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    Strutting Around Stockholm

    Pretty panoramas of Stockholm aren’t hard to find. We could hop on SkyView, a breathtaking gondola that t ...

    Pretty panoramas of Stockholm aren’t hard to find. We could hop on SkyView, a breathtaking gondola that transports us to the roof of Ericsson Globe, the largest spherical building in the world. Or bus ...

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    Spring/Summer Fashion Preview 2019

    When the cold grasp of winter begins to cease its grip as the floral scent of spring wafts through the ai ...

    When the cold grasp of winter begins to cease its grip as the floral scent of spring wafts through the air, fashion once more has switched up its styles for the upcoming seasons, bringing you three ne ...

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    Czech Republic: The Relativity of Time

    As a fourth generation Canadian, when it comes to history, I tend to use Canada’s European settlement as ...

    As a fourth generation Canadian, when it comes to history, I tend to use Canada’s European settlement as my reference point for “old.” Like 1534, when Jacques Cartier sailed across the Atlantic into t ...

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    Bugs and Bowels: Healthy Gut

    As we add years to our lives, we cannot eat as we used to. We do not tolerate fried foods and large meals ...

    As we add years to our lives, we cannot eat as we used to. We do not tolerate fried foods and large meals as we once did. The digestive tract, although a very resilient system, changes as we age causi ...

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    Health Benefits of Tea

    Regular tea drinkers may be getting more in their cup than they realize. Tea contains a family of natural ...

    Regular tea drinkers may be getting more in their cup than they realize. Tea contains a family of naturally occurring chemicals – polyphenols – that researchers suspect may prevent disorders such as h ...

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    Learning From Nature

    During the last days of November, I spent a week on Bowen Island studying Compassion. Compassion for ours ...

    During the last days of November, I spent a week on Bowen Island studying Compassion. Compassion for ourselves (a tough one); and compassion for others, those close and far away. We also studied compa ...

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    Salute to the Sockeye Keepers

    This fish story is a whopper. It begins with an egg, an eye, an alevin, a fry, a smolt, a silvery juvenil ...

    This fish story is a whopper. It begins with an egg, an eye, an alevin, a fry, a smolt, a silvery juvenile, a mature adult and a red-spawner journey back to a fresh-water home. Pivotal are a school of ...

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    Darling, You Got to Let Me Know

    It’s like playing the stock market – hang on, hang in, patience… jump! Knowing when to leave your home to ...

    It’s like playing the stock market – hang on, hang in, patience… jump! Knowing when to leave your home to downsize or to move to a retirement or assisted-living environment is a delicate balancing act ...

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    Breaking New Ground

    As demand for senior housing increases, the options are limitless with these new builds, from urban lower ...

    As demand for senior housing increases, the options are limitless with these new builds, from urban lower-income housing to oceanside, resort-style living. MCKAY APARTMENTS – BURNABY Opened December 2 ...

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    The Ageless Beauty of Women

    Societal standards for what makes a woman beautiful constantly shift: heavy black eyeliner in Ancient Egy ...

    Societal standards for what makes a woman beautiful constantly shift: heavy black eyeliner in Ancient Egypt; white powdered faces in the 18th century; or a curvy feminine shape in the 1950s. Over the ...

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    Reboot - February 2019

    IAN WADDELL, the energetic and exuberant long-time federal MP and provincial MLA, now turned filmmaker (T ...

    IAN WADDELL, the energetic and exuberant long-time federal MP and provincial MLA, now turned filmmaker (The Drop – Why Young People Don’t Vote) and author, recently launched his newest work to an audi ...

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    Navigating the End-of-Life Journey

    This article was written by FCBC guest columnist Jeanne Sedun. Finding out someone you love has been diag ...

    This article was written by FCBC guest columnist Jeanne Sedun. Finding out someone you love has been diagnosed with a terminal illness can be overwhelming. How do you support a loved one through their ...

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