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• The Self-Care Paradox

  10-04-2019 23:59
  by Stephanie Swanepoel
  Self-care is defined as “the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health and taking an active role in protecting one’s own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress”.
  In a shifting world where work stress is becoming more common, the balance between family relationships, social circles, and self-care is taking a back seat. With increasing pressure to make more money to meet bill payments, higher interest
  
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• Calgary man arrested with 4.5 kilograms of cocaine in Ontario

  10-04-2019 23:43 via abbynews.com
  
  Teh 44-year-old was found with the cocaine in his car
  
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• Edmonton woman quits Claire’s after refusing to pierce tearful seven-year-old’s ears

  10-04-2019 23:42 via abbynews.com
  
  The company says it has reiterated and clarified its policy to all staff
  
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• One dead, 17 injured in North Carolina gas explosion

  10-04-2019 23:37 via abbynews.com
  
  “It looks like the front of the Pentagon on 9-11 — but on a very, very small scale”
  
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• Unarmed woman shot by U.S. cop responding to her 911 call

  10-04-2019 23:28 via abbynews.com
  
  Medical examiner: Woman shot in key artery by cop’s bullet
  
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• Avalanche work planned tomorrow on Highway 1

  10-04-2019 23:25 via abbynews.com
  
  It’s planned for east of Revelstoke
  
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• ‘Pay $50,000 for water or leave,’ B.C. First Nation tells non-member residents

  10-04-2019 23:23 via abbynews.com
  
  Chief says demand for non-member payment part of goal to have boil-water advisory lifted
  
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• Ryan Reynolds-produced family game show ‘Don’t’ coming to ABC

  10-04-2019 23:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Show is being described as both ‘comedic’ and ‘physical’
  
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• Search resumes for Merritt cowboy missing since January

  10-04-2019 22:55 via abbynews.com
  
  Ben Tyner disappeared on Jan. 28
  
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• B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  10-04-2019 22:30 via theprogress.com
  B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford  Chilliwack ProgressFirst-ever Iron Assassin's Demolition Derby invading Fraser Valley on Saturday.
  
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• B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford - Abbotsford News

  10-04-2019 22:30 via abbynews.com
  B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford  Abbotsford NewsFirst-ever Iron Assassin's Demolition Derby invading Fraser Valley on Saturday.
  
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• B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford

  10-04-2019 22:30 via abbynews.com
  
  First-ever Iron Assassin’s Demolition Derby invading Fraser Valley on Saturday
  
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• As Abbotsford airport grows, changes to its fire-rescue service raise concerns - Abbotsford News

  10-04-2019 21:48 via abbynews.com
  As Abbotsford airport grows, changes to its fire-rescue service raise concerns  Abbotsford NewsAs the Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) has soared to record-breaking traffic numbers in recent years, the airport has also made changes to its emergency ...
  
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• As Abbotsford airport grows, changes to its fire-rescue service raise concerns

  10-04-2019 21:48 via abbynews.com
  
  In recent years, airport shifted from full-time firefighting positions to adding those duties to other jobs
  
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• The highly-anticipated Abbotsford Tulip Festival announces early opening - Daily Hive

  10-04-2019 21:40 via dailyhive.com
  The highly-anticipated Abbotsford Tulip Festival announces early opening  Daily HiveApril showers really are bringing the flowers. For the first time ever, Bloom, The Abbotsford Tulip Festival, will be opening two days early.
  
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• Vaccine wars: Social media battle outbreak of bogus claims

  10-04-2019 21:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Searches of Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram turn up all sorts of bogus warnings about vaccines
  
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• Facebook cracks down on groups spreading harmful information

  10-04-2019 21:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Facebook groups will also be more closely monitored to prevent the spread of fake information
  
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• Canadian scientist part of global team unveiling first image of a black hole

  10-04-2019 21:05 via abbynews.com
  
  Avery Broderick says the image offers support for Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity
  
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• Opioid overdoses claimed more than 3,200 lives in first nine months of 2018

  10-04-2019 20:58 via abbynews.com
  
  Fentanyl and other fentanyl-related substances continue to be a ‘major driver’
  
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• Forestry, recreation squeezed by B.C. caribou recovery strategy

  10-04-2019 20:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Herds fade away, even in parks protected from development
  
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• Abbotsford Tulip Festival to open early thanks to sun and rain

  10-04-2019 20:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Gates to open on Saturday, two days earlier than originally expected
  
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• ‘Single non-white jacket’: RCMP write personal ad to find lost coat’s owner

  10-04-2019 20:06 via abbynews.com
  
  A jacket with ‘something valuable’ in pocket was found behind North Vancouver Salvation Army
  
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• B.C. North Coast residents to Ottawa: ‘We can’t make a living fishing’

  10-04-2019 19:51 via abbynews.com
  
  Lax Kw’alaams mayor, Prince Rupert biologist speak to standing committee on Fisheries and Oceans
  
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• Netanyahu poised to become Israeli PM for 5th time

  10-04-2019 19:20 via abbynews.com
  
  It would make him the country’s longest-ever serving leader, surpassing David Ben-Gurion
  
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• Book banning discussion bubbles up at Chilliwack board table

  10-04-2019 19:12 via abbynews.com
  
  ‘This is Alabama time, and we should stay away from it,’ board chair argues
  
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• B.C. woman evicted from home on First Nation land after husband dies

  10-04-2019 18:00 via abbynews.com
  
  A 64-year-old woman will have to move from her home on WFN lands
  
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• Your daily commute and weather forecast: Apr. 10, 2019

  10-04-2019 17:01 via abbynews.com
  
  Lots of congestion through Langley, today. More wet weather in the forecast
  
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• Live Edge Design’s Stephanie Farrow creates wooden works of art

  10-04-2019 17:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Duncan company transforms clients’ visions into finished wood products
  
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• Man dead after late-night Surrey shooting

  10-04-2019 16:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Details are sparse as homicide investigators process the scene in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood
  
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• VIDEO: Scientists reveal first image ever made of black hole

  10-04-2019 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  They were first theorized by Albert Einstein
  
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• CRA wins appeal against B.C. couple who alleged ‘malicious’ tax evasion probe

  10-04-2019 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  A lower court had handed down a $1.7M award to the couple earlier
  
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• Florida man gets house arrest for bringing gun to son’s school

  10-04-2019 15:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Police found a loaded AK-47 pistol during a search
  
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• How measles is making a return in New York and elsewhere

  10-04-2019 15:40 via abbynews.com
  
  There have been 465 measles cases in the U.S. this year alone
  
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• Firefighters extinguish blaze at Mission Manor

  10-04-2019 15:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Crews on scene Tuesday afternoon after an apartment caught fire after a pot was left on the stove
  
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• Canadian refugee advocates ‘shocked, dismayed’ over asylum changes in budget bill

  10-04-2019 15:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Bill would prevent people from seeking asylum in Canada if they already have in U.S.
  
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• BC Gem Show includes displays, demos, kids’ workshop and more - Abbotsford News

  10-04-2019 15:00 via abbynews.com
  BC Gem Show includes displays, demos, kids’ workshop and more  Abbotsford NewsAnnual event runs April 12 to 14 at Ag-Rec Building in Abbotsford.
  
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• Bomb cyclone expected to hit U.S. Rockies

  10-04-2019 10:30 via abbynews.com
  
  This could be the second consecutive inland bomb cyclone to hit the region
  
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• VIDEO: Person inside injured after car slams into Surrey social housing building

  10-04-2019 09:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Emergency crews were on scene of a crash at King George Boulevard and 132nd Avenue much of the night
  
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• B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford - Hope Standard

  10-04-2019 09:00 via hopestandard.com
  B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford  Hope StandardFirst-ever Iron Assassin's Demolition Derby invading Fraser Valley on Saturday.
  
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• B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford - Aldergrove Star

  10-04-2019 09:00 via aldergrovestar.com
  B.C.’s biggest indoor demolition derby debuting in Abbotsford  Aldergrove StarFirst-ever Iron Assassin's Demolition Derby invading Fraser Valley on Saturday.
  
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• VIDEO: Giants push Royals to brink of elimination

  10-04-2019 08:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Game 4 of the Western Conference hockey league’s semifinals will be played out in Victoria Thursday
  
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• Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir along with Patrick Chan kick off first annual Rock the Rink Tour in Abbotsford

  10-04-2019 03:12
  FIGURE SKATING SUPERSTARS TESSA VIRTUE, SCOTT MOIR AND PATRICK CHAN ROCK THE RINK THIS FALL
  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019ABBOTSFORD CENTRE – ABBOTSFORD, BCDoors:  7:00PM          Show:  8:00PM
  TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, May 3 @ 10AMTICKETS AVAILABLE AT www.ticketmaster.ca
  Tickets (incl. GST) $25.00, $45.00, $60.00, $65.00, $90.00, $120.00(Plus service charges)
  **RESERVED SEATING / ALL AGES**
  Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir along with Patrick Ch
  
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• Lawyers spar over evidence admissibility at child bride trial

  10-04-2019 03:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Records seized at a religious compound in Texas in 2008 at issue for Bountiful man on trial
  
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• Tories cry foul over $12M to help Loblaws buy energy-efficient coolers

  10-04-2019 02:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Government says emissions reduced through the project equivalent of taking 50,000 cars off the road
  
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• Ministers appear unfazed by Senate changes to federal gun bill

  10-04-2019 02:28 via abbynews.com
  
  The bill would expand the scope of background checks on those who want to acquire guns
  
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• Publisher of iconic black magazines Ebony and Jet files for bankruptcy

  10-04-2019 02:18 via abbynews.com
  
  The company was founded in 1942 by John H. Johnson in Chicago
  
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• Vancouver man faces new money-laundering charge in college admissions scandal

  10-04-2019 02:16 via abbynews.com
  
  Sidoo is accused of wiring about $100,000 in January 2013
  
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• 250 Dungeness crabs illegally dumped off BC highway - Abbotsford News

  10-04-2019 01:49 via abbynews.com
  250 Dungeness crabs illegally dumped off BC highway  Abbotsford NewsThe Department of Fisheries and Oceans wants the public's help tracking down those responsible for an illegal, large-scale dumping of Dungeness crabs this ...
  
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• 250 Dungeness crabs illegally dumped off B.C. highway

  10-04-2019 01:49 via abbynews.com
  
  Fisheries Act prohibits the waste of any fish that is suitable for human consumption.
  
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• B.C. Catholic church stands firm on decision to deny gay pride event

  10-04-2019 01:40 via abbynews.com
  
  Church released statement saying event is against beliefs, morals
  
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