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Opinion: Nutrition in adolescence: Multiple challenges, lifelong consequences and the foundation for adult health

Opinion: Nutrition in adolescence: Multiple challenges, lifelong consequences and the foundation for adult health

Adolescence lies between childhood and adulthood, but adolescents are neither big children nor little adults. They have increased food requirements to support their rapid physical growth and maturation
Ask Ellie: After spouse's death, forge new friendships through activities

Ask Ellie: After spouse's death, forge new friendships through activities

After a partner’s death, loneliness can become stifling. Get proactive to connect with friends/activities.
Ask Ellie: Wife's concerns over spouse's ex point to bigger problem

Ask Ellie: Wife's concerns over spouse's ex point to bigger problem

Worries about a spouse’s annual message to a long-ago ex indicates personal insecurity and suppressed marriage problems.
Garden to Table: Re-wilding your lawn and landscaping can be beautiful

Garden to Table: Re-wilding your lawn and landscaping can be beautiful

Swapping 'non-native' trees and shrubs for equally or more beautiful 'native' ones will provide sources of food and habitat for the native insects and birds that are key to our survival
Ask Ellie: Time to leave 'critical, controlling and obsessive' partner

Ask Ellie: Time to leave 'critical, controlling and obsessive' partner

Using an ultimatum to keep a difficult relationship going, only prolongs a very bad situation
Hey, Colleague: How do I stay productive while working from home?

Hey, Colleague: How do I stay productive while working from home?

Hey, Colleague: Practical advice on careers and maintaining a work-life balance.
Ask Ellie: Affair with boss no reason to stay in bad situation

Ask Ellie: Affair with boss no reason to stay in bad situation

An employer who uses their past workplace affair to keep an employee from leaving can face a formal workplace complaint.
Opinion: The baffling case of metabolically healthy obese people: Are they protected from chronic diseases?

Opinion: The baffling case of metabolically healthy obese people: Are they protected from chronic diseases?

Some obese people lack the classic metabolic risk factors of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar linked with obesity. But are they still at risk for heart disease and diabetes?
Ask Ellie: Watch for red flags in an intense new romance

Ask Ellie: Watch for red flags in an intense new romance

For all singles hoping to have future relationships, there’s the ongoing need to weigh the kind of behaviour someone’s exhibiting against what feels normal and comfortable for you
Here's how hundreds of cats and dogs rescued in Afghanistan came to Canada (PHOTOS+VIDEO)

Here's how hundreds of cats and dogs rescued in Afghanistan came to Canada (PHOTOS+VIDEO)

This is what their journey looked like