Fruit is my favourite food, so when Toronto-area grocer Longo's volunteered to send over some of their fancy new apples, I couldn't say no. They're called Hidden Rose apples, and while they look pretty standard on... Read more

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This morning I was walking along Bloor Street in Toronto, and the woman in front of me was smoking. She turned her head to the side to blow. So I–who have never smoked–got her mouthful right in my face. Thanks to her, according to smokershelpline.ca,... Read more

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I’ve just learned through trusty Twitter that Globe and Mail reporter Brodie Fenlon will be live-blogging... Read more

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It's a downright gloomy day here in Toronto. I'm looking outside my office window right now and the whole city seems to be the colour of concrete. The air is chilly, it's raining and well, it's enough to make a girl want to hide under a fuzzy blanket... Read more

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We've just learned that the first outbreak of H1N1 in a Canadian hospital has happened right here in Toronto. According to reports, Toronto's associate medical officer of health, Dr. Barbara Yaffe has confirmed that there's an outbreak of the H1N1 virus... Read more

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It's been a long journey but it's done now—I ran the half marathon at Nike Women's in San Francisco on Sunday at exactly my goal time: 2 hours and 30 seconds. It was a great race, I had a blast and felt wonderful afterward. And it didn't hurt that I... Read more

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I was browsing through the news today and this article from the New York Times immediately caught my attention. In it, the Times reports that the American... Read more

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When I was a wee young thing, my dad purchased one of the first home video cameras. It was huge and heavy, and it plugged into the TV so that I could see myself singing and dancing around on screen. I fell in love immediately. But no matter how many variety... Read more

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A couple of us at Best Health were talking recently about how nails have become a subject of interest more than ever, specifically notice-me colours. Wild horses couldn’t drag me away from my favourite longstanding sheer pink polish. Ho-hum. The buzz... Read more

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When fall arrives, I usually come down with a cold. That's just how my immune system rolls. While I await my autumn sniffles, I take some comfort in the fact that... Read more

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