Presence: The most prized gift of all
Spend time with each other December can be a wonderful time of the year. Getting together with family, friends, and coworkers; celebrating with music, food, decorations, and traditions. It see...
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Holiday donations: How can you best support your local food bank?
Support your local food bank On Friday, December 1, CBC BC is hosting Food Bank Day. As a dietitian, this has me thinking about food charity and what it means for our communities. If you’re donat...
Falling is not a “right of passage”; Falls Prevention Awareness Week
I'm approaching my 40th birthday. From where I stand now it seems impossible to me, that as kids we celebrated my parents 40th birthdays with black balloons, a cane, candy jellybean “pill” bottles...
Foodie Friday: Halloween celebrations - more than just food
One of the many beauties of living in Canada is the dramatic change in seasons, each one bringing something to look forward to. What do you look forward to in the fall? For many, one of the most...
October is Canada's Healthy Workplace Month
Healthy Workplace Month While October is a very busy month for a variety of health promotion topics, one definitely worth talking about is Canada's Healthy Workplace Month®! What began in 2001 as ...
Coffee Break: Taking 5 for Alzheimer's disease
Finally, a worthwhile reason to drink coffee! Alzheimer’s disease. It’s a pretty scary topic for most of us, yet it's also a very real part of life for so many of us. It’s estimated that 70,0...
Wildfire smoke: Many tobacco users finding it hard to breathe!
I spoke with a friend who smokes cigarettes earlier this week and she said that she wasn’t able to leave the house over the weekend due to the forest fire smoke in the air. Wildfire smoke is a mi...