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Construction workers warned about overdose epidemic
Male construction workers have fallen victim to B.C.’s deadly overdose epidemic, prompting organizations representing them to brainstorm with health officials in Vancouver’s suburbs about how to better...
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Are construction workers more at risk of fentanyl overdoses? And what is...
Fraser Health, B.C.’s largest health board, had 335 deaths from illicit drug overdoses in the first eight months of this year, the highest number of any health region. Officials say a “disproportionate...
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Fraser Health launches guide for broaching loved ones' drug use
As hundreds of people die each year from overdoses — a vast majority being men dying in their homes — Fraser Health has launched a media campaign to urge loved ones to try to help. When Words Matter is...
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Spa review: The Vine(Activ) Facial at CHI, The Spa at Shangri La
CHI, The Spa at Shangri La 1128 W Georgia St., 604-695-2447 The Treatment: The Vine(Activ) Facial, $175 Let’s face it, between Thanksgiving turkey, Halloween candy and the pending pre-holiday treat —...
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Lawyer's tardiness delays polygamist's Charter challenge
CRANBROOK Cloaked by the black robes and traditional court civility, the anger and frustration remained unspoken Tuesday as Winston Blackmore’s constitutional challenge of Canada’s polygamy law was...
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Donald Grayston: Peace-maker, peace-disturber, RIP
Donald Grayston made a difference. He did so as an Anglican parish priest and as an intellectual leader among Christians and seekers on the West Coast of Canada and beyond. Grayston, who died on...
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Seattle Seahawks Luke Willson talks style — and that hair
Luke Willson talks surprisingly freely about fashion. While the Seattle Seahawks tight end has been known off the field more for his infamous long locks (more on that later) than his clothes, the...
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Town Talk: Odd Squad celebrates 20 years of helping addicts recover
ODD EVENING: Twenty years ago, Vancouver police constables Toby Hinton and Al Arsenault founded what would become Odd Squad Productions to help youngsters evade or overcome the lure of drugs. It wasn’t...
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Q&A: 111SKIN offers skin care products for 'successful men and women who want...
After a patient undergoes a surgical procedure, the number of products that are suitable for use on their sensitized skin can be limited. So, when Dr. Yannis Alexandrides couldn’t find a suitable line...
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Advocates, families speak out in defence of B.C.’s Mental Health Act
Frederick Dawe remembers the night about 30 years ago that his six-foot-eight son experienced a psychotic break in the emergency room of a Vancouver-area hospital. “He just lost it. He picked up a...
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Yoga for detained B.C. youths helps those living with trauma trust their bodies
The yoga for youths in a Metro Vancouver detention centre may not look exactly like the yoga you’d find in a studio in Kitsilano. But despite the outward differences, it’s the kind of yoga that’s...
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Demand doubles for addictions program protecting construction workers
They climb high buildings, bend steel and do dangerous jobs with little room for error. And while sounding a bit like superheroes, many are actually flying under the radar as they struggle with mental...
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How stressed is your skin?
How stressed is your skin? Well, you need only glance in the mirror to answer that. “We wear our stress on our faces,” Dr. Mark Lupin of Cosmedica in Victoria, says. “And stress can wear us down,...
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Fuelled by fentanyl crisis, St. Paul's unique rapid-treatment centre sees a...
When she was mired in a seemingly endless drug addiction, Phyliss Sauvé couldn’t slog her way through the health care and social services systems that were intended to help her. It was nearly...
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Mindfulness helps couple recover intimacy after prostate cancer
Rob and Diane Kikkert have had to learn a few new tricks since Rob’s surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, a procedure that left him struggling with incontinence and erectile dysfunction. “You...
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Style Q&A: Montreal-based brand offers natural products for men
Men’s grooming is becoming a big business. From beard care to body wash, the days of guys only having one or two options for their self-care routine are long gone. And, there is a welcome wave of...
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This Just In: Kat von D Studded Kiss Crème Lipstick, Wise Red Maple Cream...
Kat von D Studded Kiss Crème Lipstick They say: A creamy lipstick collection that features “cushiony” and “pigmented” formulas. Available in 40 shades and three finishes — metallic, satin and shimmer....
View ArticleBeauty Bar: Gold Bond Eczema Relief Skin Protectant Cream
What it is: A hand and body cream for those who struggle with eczema. The formula features two per cent colloidal oatmeal, and is clinically proven to reduce or relieve five signs of the skin...
View ArticleBillions of viruses rain down on Earth every day: Study
A scientific study has added a new vector to the usual transportation of viruses and bacteria horizontally from person-to-person: they now can literally fall on you from above. Every day, more than 800...
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Douglas Todd: Are B.C. health officials waking to gender factor in the opioid...
Are public health officials finally facing up to the fact that the overdose epidemic in Canada and the U.S. is mostly devastating boys and men? There are small signs some health officials are slowly,...
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