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• Private-clinic trial resumes as B.C. aims to take action against doctors

  08-04-2018 13:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  VANCOUVER - Excruciating pain had Tamara Parrales heading to the emergency department multiple times for nearly a year, and when a specialist brought up the possibility of ovarian cancer, she ......
  
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• ‘Azzedine Alaïa couldn’t give a damn what other people said was the new mood’

  08-04-2018 09:00
  Ahead of the first UK solo exhibition of the couturier’s work, former colleague Sophie Hicks remembers his exacting pursuit of fashion perfectionI think the new Azzedine Alaïa exhibition at the Design Museum could have the same impact on fashion students that Sensation at the Royal Academy had on arts students in 1997. Azzedine, who died last November, isn’t particularly well known in England – he was very much Paris-based – so it should be a revelation for young peo
  
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• Our man in Havana: music, mojitos and swearing in Spanish

  08-04-2018 08:00
  The former Observer Magazine editor moved to Cuba to write a book – but with its crumbling elegance and sense of drama Havana presents plenty of distractions from the job at handThe grand windows of Casa Almson are flung wide, the trade winds offering a gentle breeze off the Florida straits as the sun descends across Havana, and I am learning Spanish. “Anoche, yo fui en un nightclub de mala fama,” I say. WAAAAHK. “What the hell was that?” I retreat to English. &ldqu
  
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• Small is the new big as micro bags takes over the high street

  08-04-2018 07:59
  Social media drives trend in mini bags with skinny sunglasses and tiny heelsFor the past decade, oversize day bags, worn specifically in the crook of your arm, have been the industry standard – not any more. Thanks to a new wave of “micro bags” – also known as mini, baby or even bonsai – designed by major labels such as Gucci, Fendi and Chloé, as well as lesser-known brands such as Mansur Gavriel and Simon Miller, have made their way on to the high street.And
  
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• Venerating the past, traditional costume fever grips Thailand

  08-04-2018 07:50
  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Business is booming for Siri Seatea's traditional dress shop in Bangkok.
  
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• I dump my girlfriends after 18 months. What am I so scared of? | Dear Mariella

  08-04-2018 07:00
  It’s about time you worked out what it is you want in life, says Mariella. But the onus is on you to conduct yourself with decencyThe dilemma I have an unhealthy habit of starting relationships with women, reaching about the 18-month mark and then fleeing. The first 12 months are always amazing and then I start to grow bored. I’ve just broken up with a woman I love, because I was too scared to commit to the idea of spending the rest of my life with her. I had a one-night stand about
  
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• Country Women's Association's territory bouillabaisse recipe

  08-04-2018 04:49
  CWA members have contributed classic country recipes to a new cookbook, which celebrates the quality and diversity of their cooking The Country Women’s Association (CWA) members have had a long and well-established reputation for being wonderful cooks. Members of the CWA throughout Australia have many skills and interests, but their cooking and catering, especially at local agricultural shows, are well recognised as second to none.Related: Amanda Ruben's lamb shoulder and fig crostata - re
  
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• How fear of judgment holds women back from exercise and sport

  08-04-2018 02:19
  A new campaign addresses the anxieties that prevent three in five Australian women from being activeUntil 2015, Jessica Lovett-Murray had never run more than a few kilometres at a time. Growing up in country Victoria from the Gunditjmara and Yorta Yorta tribes, she had played team sport as a teenager, but after the birth of her son, found the barriers too great to re-engage. Having recently lost three family members, and struggling with anxiety and depression, however, she knew something needed
  
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