We Walk 4Water
Last year, Spencer West climbed Mount Kilimanjaro ...
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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
Name: Maxine Chan Location: Vancouver, B.C. Title:...
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How a creative community attracts savvy shoppers and diners
A creative community bands together to offer uniqu...
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Vietnamese Iced Coffee
If you’re anything like me, no blissful, hot...
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Guest post: Chic and easy DIY nail art
Sarah Feldman is a recent graduate of McGill Unive...
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5 keys to clean teeth, plus win an electric toothbrush
**UPDATE: This contest is now closed. What’s...
Weight loss
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6-Week Slim-Down: Maintaining Motivation
My 6-Week Slim-Down main goal: Maintaining motivation after hitting my weight loss goal. Last year I lost weight fairly quickly in prep for my wedding. The goal was so vanity-focused, it helped propel me toward the gym and away from the goodies in the Canadian Living Test Kitchen. Challenges: Quite simply, the thrill is gone. [...]
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6-Week Slim-Down: Food for fitness
My 6-Week Slim-Down main goal: Getting the right nutrition to maximize my workouts. I’m gearing up for triathlon season and am working out five to six times a week but my nutrition is seriously lacking. I often fall prey to easy, high-sugar treats or rely on fatty late night snacks to keep me going [...]
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Kicking the sugar habit for good
My 6-Week Slim-Down goal Here’s a little something you should know about me: I’m addicted to sweets. It’s not good! Since Jan. 1 I haven’t touched a sweet (this has been really really hard). And my hope is that over the next six weeks I can can rid of this dependency so I can feel [...]
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How I lost 10 pounds—the diet
I’m sure you’ve heard of the 80/20 rule. Make 80 per cent of your food intake super healthy, and you can have fun with the other 20 per cent. Your fun might be pizza, pasta or pinot (OK, maybe that’s my fun). But what I learned over the course of my pre-wedding shred is that [...]
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How I Lost 10 Pounds: The Workout
Losing weight is no walk in the park. But, in my case, it was literally a sweat-soaked uphill battle in one – twice a week and often in the pouring rain or sweltering, 40-degree heat. I just wrapped up a bi-weekly program with Femme Fitale, a hard-core workout inspired by mixed martial arts (MMA). But [...]
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Edmundston, New Brunswick is the $100,000 Winner!
Bravo! Félicitation! Edmundston, New Brunswick Congratulations to the folks in Edmundston, New Brunswick whose “Vivez Mieux” (Live Better) efforts were rewarded with a $100,000 natural playground in the CBC/Radio-Canada’s Live Right Now Campaign. When we first heard of the CBC’s quest to find ‘The Live Right Now Capital of Canada” in early January, thousands of [...]
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4 running motivation tricks for when you just want to skip it
Currently, I’m plugging away at a 16-week training schedule to run my very first half-marathon in May. It’s been a long road (literally) and some days I’m happy to get out the door. But then there are the days when I can think of nothing I want to do less than pound pavement. As a [...]
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5 ways to get your beach body ready for the summer
Hello friends. Though it’s still March, we’re all dreaming of summer. And if you’re anything like me you’ve started to wonder how you’re going to knock off a few extra pounds before putting on your swimsuit at the cottage this summer. Never fear! Our friend Michelle Cederberg, a healthy-living guru, is here to share some [...]
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Health book winners
Ooops! I said I’d post the name of the winner on Friday, but I forgot. I’m so sorry about that. But I’m here now to post the winner of the health book contest. Better late than never, right? I asked you to share your 6-Week Slim-Down stories with us, and all the comments were amazing. [...]
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Slim Down With Susan Antonacci: The Finale
Six weeks later… I’ve made it! I’ve completed Week # 6 of the Canadian Living 6-Week Slim Down. So tell me, how did you do? How would you rate your 6-Week Slim Down experience? A) I’ve achieved my goals – and I’m on top of the world! B) I’ve made some gains- (well, losses) and [...]
