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• N.B. minister delivers sermon on Trump's place in an inclusive church

  27-01-2019 22:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  RIVERVIEW, N.B. - A New Brunswick minister found himself compelled to preach Sunday about whether Donald Trump would be welcomed in his church: a place of worship that prides itself ......
  
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• Parents say talking to their kids about cannabis has changed post-legalization

  27-01-2019 19:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Parents say talking to their kids about cannabis has changed post-legalization as weed has become a more visible part of daily life across the country.Ashleigh Brown, founder of ......
  
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• Loneliness can be a big factor in getting good nutrition, experts say

  27-01-2019 16:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Flo Elliott was never a big eater, but her appetite plummeted when her husband died.Suddenly alone after 54 years of marriage, Elliott says she lost interest in food ......
  
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• Stiletto races and hula hoops at Pride festival in Myanmar

  27-01-2019 16:38
  Contestants ran a stiletto race and swirled hula hoops at a park in Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday in the Drag Olympics as a highlight of the Yangon Pride festival.
  
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• ‘Hangxiety’: why alcohol gives you a hangover and anxiety

  27-01-2019 15:00
  A few drinks can relax you – but, says scientist David Nutt, that morning-after feeling is the booze playing tricks with your brainIf you are looking forward to your first stiff drink after a dry January, be warned: it may feel bittersweet. You may feel you deserve an alcoholic beverage after toughing it out all month – but have you forgotten what it feels like to wake up haunted by worries about what you said or did the night before? These post-drinking feelings of guilt and stress
  
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• Bulgaria's Pernik scares off evil spirits with colorful carnival

  27-01-2019 14:39
  Masked revelers in colorful hand-made costumes thronged the streets of Pernik in Bulgaria on Sunday, warding off evil spirits and celebrating the beginning of spring with hopes forgood health and a...
  
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• Happy eco-campers: protecting wildlife in Cambodia

  27-01-2019 13:00
  A new eco-tourism camp keeps a remote forest safe from poaching, and offers a laid-back stay with creature comfortsThe path to Preak Tachan ranger station, in Botum Sakor national park, Cambodia, snakes through dense, silent forest. It crosses bubbling rivers and clearings where luminous butterflies flit around gargantuan hanging vines and tall wild grasses. It’s The Lost World, Indochina-style. I half expect a dinosaur to come crashing through the foliage.The 1,712 sq km park – in t
  
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• Just as you resign yourself to a permanent cold, something magical happens

  27-01-2019 10:00
  Being sick is the pits, transforming us into pathetic avatars of our usual selves. Which makes recovery one of life’s great pleasuresThis may seem a tiny thing, but it has huge ramifications for one’s happiness – a bit like winning the cup final with a goal adjudicated by video referee to be a millimetre over the line.I am talking about recovery after a cold. Recovery from any period of ill-health, but in particular, the tentative escape from the banality of a cold, or a virus,
  
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• Buyer beware! Don’t inflate your income to get a mortgage

  27-01-2019 09:00
  It’s one of the things that could lead to a refusal, making it harder to get a future loan Homebuyers have been warned to avoid inflating their income when applying for a mortgage, which can lead to their application being rejected. New figures show that one in six homeowners had been refused a home loan in the past. This crucially can lead to delays in being accepted for another at a later date.Consumer group Which? found the highest number of refusals was in the capital – far highe
  
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• A £24,000 penalty for failing to submit one piece of paper to the council

  27-01-2019 09:00
  Botched legislation over a ‘commencement notice’ means owners face losing their homeWhen Mark Walker’s stepfather had a heart attack, it was clear he could no longer live alone. Walker therefore got planning permission to extend his home in Rickmansworth, south-west Hertfordshire, so that the 81-year-old cancer patient could be cared for by his family. However, he did not formally notify Three Rivers district council when construction started at the end of 2017. The omission ma
  
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• Walking in the Caribbean: sun, sea … and treks

  27-01-2019 08:00
  With its gorgeous coastlines, lush interiors and volcanic peaks, the Caribbean is now a hot ticket for hikers, too – as our writer finds in Antigua and MontserratRendezvous Bay is billed as Montserrat’s only white-sand beach; all the others are volcanic black. When we reached it, the secluded cove was deserted. We followed huge, tractor-like tracks left in the sand by green turtles, and floated in the warm, crystal-clear water as pelicans dived for sprats overhead. Then we dried off
  
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• My husband left me and our kids and is now with another woman

  27-01-2019 07:00
  A new relationship will long outlive – and swiftly obscure – the heartache you’ve been through, says Mariella FrostrupThe dilemma Eighteen months ago, my husband left me and our children, who were both under five. We had been through a rocky period, drifting apart a little. I put this down in part to the demands of our jobs and my second pregnancy (severe morning sickness meant I lost my sex drive). But to him the spark was gone. There was already strong evidence of affairs and
  
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• Lose the blues, it’s time to make a new start

  27-01-2019 07:00
  Embrace uncertainty and stride forward; begin with a nail polish rebootI’ve succeeded in my first attempt at ‘dry Jan’, which has included staying off social media, too. And, brilliantly, I’m back to singing to myself in the street. My creativity is on full fire and I’m enjoying time with myself. I’ve been out and about, appeared from my mole hole and have been seeing friends, clutching fizzy water and leaving big lippy kisses on their cheeks. I feel excited a
  
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• The trouble with fake meat

  27-01-2019 06:59
  From beetroot burgers to hoisin ‘duck’, imitation meats are everywhere. But are these substitutes any healthier for us to eat?It looked like a burger from the cartoon Scooby-Doo: frilly green lettuce, neon-red slices of tomato, a yellow square of melted cheese, darkly caramelised onions, homemade ranch sauce and thick pieces of roasted portobello mushroom. The bun was as puffy as a pillow. The whole comforting edifice was so tall it needed to be held in place with a wooden skewer. Th
  
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• The edit... Zodiac jewellery

  27-01-2019 00:45
  What sign are you? From charm bangles to chunky rings, these are jewellery’s rising starsContinue reading...
  
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