Category: Lifestyle
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Coaching program helps turn breakups into breakthroughs
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID A serendipitous run-in on the subway became crucial to one heartsick woman’s journey of getting over her breakup. “It had been a couple of months,” says Jennifer, who didn’t want her real name used. “But I was still not ‘over it.’ I was struggling with wanting to still be with that…
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Entrepreneur hopes to bag market with homegrown fashion
STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN With American retail giant Target retreating back across the border, young entrepreneurs like Rawie Laborce are making a case for Canadian goods. In April, Laborce plans on opening Rivermen, Mississauga’s first men’s boutique clothing store offering premium clothing designed, distributed and made by Canadians. Laborce first took a serious interest in…
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Helping spread the word about Alzheimer’s disease
STORY BY CAMILLE GUSHWAY Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and close to 750,000 Canadians have the condition. Alzheimer’s often presents itself as forgetfulness. As the disease progresses overtime it causes deterioration in patients in all sorts of ways. There can be short-term memory loss and behavior and speech can also be…
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LGBTs still waiting for a “positive space” room
STORY BY CHANELLE FAGON-TURNER Two years after first requesting a “safe-space” room for LGBTQ students, Sheridan students are still waiting. A petition has started to implement a designated “positive space” room that would provide an inclusive, supportive club atmosphere and education for the school’s LGBT community and allies. The petition, called Implement a Positive Space…
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The good, the bad and the gluten
STORY AND PHOTO BY ADAM BUCK You may have recently seen it in multiple restaurants and grocery stores. You’ve probably heard it more over the past few years than ever before. What does it mean for a food to be “gluten free” and why has it become so commonplace? Gluten is simply the sticky binding…
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Breathalyzer test: Ready, set, blow
STORY BY ADAM JOHNSTON One and done, or 25 to life. It is entirely your choice. These are your options when you get behind the wheel after drinking this holiday season. One drink per night and done, or risk the possibility of prison, or worse death, if you choose to rely on an over-the-counter gadget…
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Into the storm
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Even though work emails had been pouring in, nothing could have painted a picture of what awaited her back in Brampton. Kathryn Trojan Stelmaszynski’s red-eye flight from Vancouver landed early Monday morning in Toronto. And she went straight to work, stopping only to pick up her car, which was parked on…
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Hung up on finding the right hangover cure
STORY BY KATE WOODS You remember hanging out at the bar and drinking the night away, never once thinking about the dizziness and headache you will experience in the morning. “A hangover is an indication of over consumption of alcohol,” said Mary Anne Vanos, a coordinator and instructor in the Practical Nursing program at Davis…
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The culinary delights of Chef Kal’s cooking
STORY BY DANA BOYINGTON Chef Kal is his name and don’t you forget it. You have smelled his delicious delicacies in the cafeteria. You’ve been caught carrying one of those Kal’s Corner take-out boxes- but who is that enthusiastic chef and what has he been up to. “I think it’s every chef’s dream to have…
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Vegan or vegetarian – what would you prefer?
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Vegan or vegetarian: what’s the difference? Sumeet Kapila, a 29-year-old animation student at Sheridan explained what the distinction means to him. “I am vegetarian not a vegan because I consume milk and dairy products,” he said. Kapila abstains from meat and animal by-products for religious reasons. “Hindus are supposed to be…
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Handmade with love, the art of DIY
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY & DANA BOYINGTON Over the holidays, our hearts fill with joy but our wallets fill with mothballs. These innovative few went from concept to commerce with their do-it-yourself creations. Ruth Steinback brightling works Ruth Steinback goes by brightling or brightling works online where she sells her homemade jewellery, which she began…
