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The Longest Day of the Year – How Will You Spend It?
Don’t you just love the long, long evenings in June? It makes it harder to get little people into bed on time, but makes it so much more fun as they extend a game of capture the flag or ‘peep,peep’. Personally, I have given into my kids desire to play a little longer, and I…
Planning in Context – BC Communities, Health and the Built Environment
How can we build it better? For walkers, cyclists, and wheelers, kids and seniors, the fit and wanna be fit? BCAHL’s Planning in Context webinar, held Thursday June 20th, showcased some great examples of how good planning helps make the healthy choice the easy choice. Kelly Cameron, a Forest Technologist, who has worked for the…
Planning In Context – Supporting Healthy Choices
The built environment sets the context for how we live and play. Rita and I have blogged many times about our own experiences and the types of environments that allow us to make healthy decisions or not. My community is really pretty good (although, it can always get better…). I live in Vancouver, where I…
The Joy (or Pain) of Cooking
I just finished reading about an event being held this month at Vancouver’s “last working farm”, the UBC Farm. Joy of Feeding is an event that celebrates the joy food brings, both growing and cooking it, with foods from 16 different cultures prepared by 16 different home cooks. It sounds like an incredible celebration of…
Conquer the Mountain: Cycling Safely to School, Work or Play
I signed up for Bike to Work Week last week but then a notice came home from my son’s school. I had forgotten that this was the week for Bike/Walk to School as well. Spurred on by the promise of ice cream and the chance to win a new bike, this year, my 8-year old…
Use Your BikeSense – and Wear Your Helmet!
Use Your BikeSense – and Wear Your Helmet! Bike helmets save lives. Personally, I am incredibly grateful this week for BC’s helmet law, and the changes in public awareness of the need to wear helmets. My husband was hit by a car while cycling home last Wednesday while he was doing all the right things,…
Put some Spring in your Step!
Happy Equinox, the official start to Spring is here. While some folks have been battling freezing temperatures or torrential rains to keep active through the winter, many are just starting to come out of winter hibernation. I found myself losing impetus for movement through November and December and joined a Sun Run clinic out of…
Hearts, Flowers And A Little Less Salt
What does Valentine’s Day mean to you? For me, it means a number of little indulgences – like flowers, time together with loved ones and maybe a special dinner out. I am planning a little indulgence of my own in the form of Indian food from Vij’s, which I love! But I know that for…
Beyond the Tobacco War – What’s Next in Prevention & Protection?
BCAHL’s first webinar for 2013 focused on a common ‘healthy living’ topic at the start of a new year – that is stopping smoking. We were so pleased to have such knowledgeable presenters who were able to deliver an engaging session to an audience that spanned the province of BC as well as a few…
Shining a spotlight on Film Tax Credits, Big Tobacco & Marketing to Youth
Given that it is National Non-Smoking Week, and with the current spotlight on film tax credits in BC, it’s a good time to talk about tobacco marketing in movies. Blocked from other advertising channels, Big Tobacco has turned to movies to sell youth on a glamourized, rebellious image of smoking. The US Surgeon General in…
Can you breathe easy in your castle?
I used to work in a beautiful heritage building in Vancouver called The Standard Building. To me, it was anything but standard with glossy marble floors, polished brass fixtures and a gorgeous lobby that made you feel you’d arrived someplace special. It was a great place to work except for one thing… our office neighbour…
HAPPY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS!
This is the time of year I dread going to the gym. Not because I can’t face the full-length mirror reflecting my seasonal indulgences back at me but because it’s so crowded, so full of well-intentioned people who’ve resolved to be more fit. Given that physical activity is so essential to health and wellness, it…

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