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Flex Your Muscles While Flying One of the most classic air travel health tips involves avoiding deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Those who have poor circulation, smoke, have heart disease, are pregnant, had recent surgery and have certain cancers are most at risk. Here are a few tips, or better yet,
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You’re not alone 

As an honest-to-goodness member of the “sandwich generation,” you’re likely not the only care provider on your street. Research tells us that indeed, one in four families is now involved in providing care for an aging parent or relative. Eldercare and its inherent superhero responsibilities are the new facts of life for aging Canadians. However, […]
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Lemon Chicken Pasta

I must confess that the spark of an idea for this recipe started in a department-store café, when I tasted something similar, loved it and decided to try and recreate it at home. It soon became a family staple and it’s one of the few dishes that my daughters actively sought out the recipe for. […]
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Sweet Potato Gratin with Sage Cream

Serves: 6 – 8 Difficulty: Easy Ingredients Unsalted butter for the baking dish ½ cup (2 oz/60 g) freshly shredded Parmesan cheese ½ cup (2 oz/60 g) shredded Gruyère cheese 1 cup (8 fl oz/250 ml) heavy cream 1 cup low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth 2 cloves garlic, mashed 4 fresh sage leaves, torn in […]
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3 Tips for online shopping It is tempting to save banking details and passwords for the sake of convenience. But a data leak could cost you. Follow these tips to help safeguard your data and devices. 1) Securing your Wi-Fi network. To ensure preliminary security, change the default password and username. Avoid using personal details. 2) […]
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Split Pea Soup

Ingredients 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 medium yellow onion, diced 3 stalks celery, diced 3 medium carrots, peeled and sliced or diced 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 2 cups dried green split peas 6 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth 1 smoked ham hock or ham […]
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The Intern

Ben Whittaker, a 70-year-old widower, realizes that he is not cut out for retirement so he applies to become a senior intern for a skeptical boss at an online fashion site. Fun and eye opening. Featuring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, the New York Times described the film as “frothy, playful, homogeneous, routinely maddening […]
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Pear & almond rice flour tart

A very French, very guest house in the Dordogne, late-supper slice. Wherever you are, this should take you there. I use pears, they use pears. You could go plums, or crystallized ginger or berries. Just get the rice flan technique under your belt and let your whim take you where it will. Serves: 6–8 Difficulty: […]