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Focus On Health with Janie Unruh, PhD

Focus On Health with Janie Unruh, PhD

Is sea salt all that better than table salt?
B.C. VIEWS: Power politics wins over rational energy policy

B.C. VIEWS: Power politics wins over rational energy policy

B.C Hydro continues to face interference on rates
Five tips to embrace for a great 2019

Five tips to embrace for a great 2019

Get ready to learn these five things that will transform your life in ways both big and small
B.C. VIEWS: Time to listen to the doctors and legalize opioid drugs

B.C. VIEWS: Time to listen to the doctors and legalize opioid drugs

Answer is the same as marijuana, get the criminal gangs out
Focus On Health: The amazing avocado

Focus On Health: The amazing avocado

Some people mistakenly believe avocados are an unhealthy food due to its fat content, but tablespoon per tablespoon the California avocado contains less than 1/4th the fat calories as butter or margarine.
B.C. VIEWS: NDP government resumes taxing, spending to battle poverty

B.C. VIEWS: NDP government resumes taxing, spending to battle poverty

Legislature scandal, speculation tax distract from NDP agenda
Love it or hate it - but we still need the wind

Love it or hate it - but we still need the wind

While outside the other day I found the wind-chill really made a difference in the temperature. It was pretty sunny and supposed to be seven degrees, but it did not feel quite as warm as that. The wind was mostly in gusts that had some dampness to them, and it really seemed to cool things off.
Focus on Health: Ditch gluten to improve your health

Focus on Health: Ditch gluten to improve your health

There are over 200 symptoms associated with gluten intolerance (GI), not to mention the worst symptom of all where the lining of the small intestines gets destroyed in celiac disease. Celiac affects one to three per cent of the population where glucose intolerance affects 10 per cent to 30 per cent or more of the population and can become quite debilitating destroying a person’s quality of life.
COLUMN: How you can get the government’s confidential stuff

COLUMN: How you can get the government’s confidential stuff

The Abbotsford News’ handy guide to asking public bodies for their interesting information
Hope for nature – our collective actions can have a big impact

Hope for nature – our collective actions can have a big impact

Nature Conservancy of Canada looking ahead in 2019