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• Fire, colour and Gaultier's new guise hit Paris Fashion Week

  27-09-2018 23:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - The ever-inventive Rick Owens nearly cooked his front row at Paris Fashion Week thanks to a giant burning sculpture, while Indian designer Manish Arora brought the colours of ......
  
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• More than half of fatal overdoses involved people who were mentally ill: coroner

  27-09-2018 21:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says completed investigations of 872 overdose fatalities show more than half of those who died had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder or ......
  
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• Confused about the term 'soy milk'? FDA wants to know

  27-09-2018 20:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Do people understand the differences between milk and soy and rice "milk"?That's what the Food and Drug Administration is asking as it considers whether soy and other ......
  
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• New England Journal of Medicine's longtime editor to retire

  27-09-2018 19:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Dr. Jeffrey Drazen, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, says he is planning to retire within a year after nearly two decades at the publication.Drazen, 72, an asthma ...
  
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• Valspar + HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams 2019 Color Trends

  27-09-2018 19:00
  The wait is over. Valspar and HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams have officially revealed their 2019 color trends – and these colors are spectacular! HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams has one 2019 color of the year and three color collections. On the other hand, Valspar, a part of the Sherwin-Williams Consumer Brands Group, has twelve 2019 colors of the year.We asked the senior designers from Valspar and HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams for photos of these magnificent colors, along with commentary on
  
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• Wet your whistle: a Croatian wine worth diving for

  27-09-2018 18:01
  An experiment by two Croatian bar owners who decided to store their wine beneath the waves of the Adriatic Sea is set to go interactive as they invite guests to dive for their drink.
  
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• 10 Canadian restaurants and bars that will blow your mind

  27-09-2018 17:20
  From molecular gastronomy in Ottawa, to seafood and swine Caesar cocktails in Montreal, these are the food trends coming out of some of the most exciting eateries in the worldAtelier, Ottawa, Ontario Continue reading...
  
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• Dutch Scout leader on trial for allegedly branding children

  27-09-2018 16:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A youth leader in the Netherlands has gone on trial for branding three children with a hot iron during a Scouting initiation ceremony.Prosecution spokeswoman Elke Kool ......
  
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• Dubai jeweler puts gem-studded $17 million shoes on sale

  27-09-2018 16:15
  That's one way to lose those walking blues: a pair of shoes encrusted with diamonds has gone on sale in Dubai with a price tag of $17 million.
  
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• Exclusive! The Property Brothers Describe the Ultimate Man Cave

  27-09-2018 13:00
  We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. Drew and Jonathan Scott, hosts of HGTV’s uber-popular Property Brothers and Brother vs. Brother, don’t have a lot of time to relax. In addition to being TV personalities, they’re co-founders of Scott Brothers Global, have written several best-selling books and are expanding their collection of home goods.However, they took time out of their
  
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• Talking tech: how messaging brings one family together

  27-09-2018 11:55
  Peter Nelson and his daughter, Carys, explain how messaging and video services allow them to keep in touch, and why it’s best for Dad to stay well clear of SnapchatMany parents worry about the amount of time their children spend on their phones, but for some the more time their kids are glued to their devices, the better. Divorced and separated parents who do not live at home with their children and miss the daily contact of family life, have found that messaging services are a great way t
  
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• Japan on a budget: readers’ travel tips

  27-09-2018 11:36
  The perception that Japan is an expensive destination is challenged by our tipsters, who find 70p sushi delivered by robot, cheap internal flights, all-you-can-drink-deals and friendly hostels Naoshima, the jewel of Japan’s art islands and an easy one-hour train journey from Kyoto or Osaka, has museums ranging from a gallery hotel to art installations. Free buses take you around the art locations and to an amazing art-filled sento bathhouse (£4.40), complete with full-size elephant s
  
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• Jono Jenkins’ recipe for a BLT kebab

  27-09-2018 10:00
  The head chef of BabaBoom in London offers a Middle Eastern take on a British favouriteThis is my Middle Eastern take on a super quick and easy British favourite. The star of the show in this dish is the vegetables and the bacon is the sidekick. I’d recommend using smoked streaky bacon to match up with the smokiness of the charred vegetables. Charred lettuce is my absolute favourite – so easy, so delicious, you can’t go wrong.Serves: 2
  Prep time: 5 mins
  Cooking time: 10 mins Co
  
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• How to avoid food waste: top chefs on their grandparents' favourite dishes - and what they taught them

  27-09-2018 09:00
  Angela Hartnett, Fergus Henderson, Raymond Blanc and many others describe the frugal simplicity - and delicious flavours - that inspire their cooking todayIt is all too easy to romanticise the past, particularly with food. In Britain, rationing created a postwar generation that was very well-nourished, but also utterly bored by the meals it ate … or endured. Similarly, for all the criticism levelled at processed foods (“Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t
  
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• 10 of the best autumn food festivals in Europe and the UK

  27-09-2018 07:30
  With the season of mellow fruitfulness in full swing, we pick culinary events that will appeal to all palates, from white truffles in Croatia to bright golden saffron in Spain29 September-1 October 2018
  Street feasting is nothing new in London but Kookeet, in central Bruges, does things differently. Only here can you eat Belgian specialities cooked by local chefs, several of them holders of Michelin stars. Pop-up stalls this year offer dishes such as Zeebrugge shrimp with poached egg, buttermilk
  
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• How Serena Williams won the world’s worst role: representing all of modern womanhood

  27-09-2018 07:00
  Once it was Madonna, then Beyoncé, but there is always a woman who is wrongly seen to represent every woman – including all their problems. Why is this never the case with men?What female celebrity should I be looking towards to explain my life to me these days? Everyone, apparentlyExcellent question, Everyone! There is always one woman who becomes the prism through which all concerns about modern women are refracted, whether it’s about sexuality, motherhood, social media or e
  
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• Duchess Meghan makes first royal solo outing for art exhibition

  27-09-2018 04:55
  Meghan Markle attended the opening of London's new "Oceania" exhibition on Tuesday evening in what was her first royal solo outing since marrying Britain's Prince Harry in May.
  
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• From chatroom to courtroom: China's #MeToo movement takes legal turn

  27-09-2018 04:14
  When a former intern at China's state broadcaster wrote in July about being groped and forcibly kissed by one of the country's most recognizable television stars, her story ignited a social media...
  
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• Juggling duties, New Zealand leader brings baby to UN

  27-09-2018 02:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CAMEROON, Cameroon - Jacinda Ardern knows all about juggling her role as a mother with the requirements of her job.The prime minister of New Zealand has brought her infant daughter ......
  
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• Hamleys sees 'imperfectionism' trend in toys this Christmas

  27-09-2018 00:07
  A robot bumping into things and a quirky creature with pointy ears are expected to be among the top children's gifts this Christmas, according to the world’s oldest toy store, Hamleys, which expects...
  
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