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Posts Tagged ‘Health’

Parkinson Society Canada SuperWalk

Parkinson Society Canada SuperWalk

Image via Wikipedia 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of SuperWalk and it will be Parkinson Society Canada’s biggest fundraising event yet! In 2009, $2.6 million was raised nationally through SuperWalk, helping fund 16 new research programs as well as providing resources for education, advocacy and support services to the over 100,000 [...]

Toronto Poverty and Pollution

Toronto Poverty and Pollution

Many of us are well aware of the gap between rich and poor in this country and many of us in general believe our society is caring. This might well be true but lets examine Toronto social economic boundaries and the trend in the past couple of decades in terms of poverty and pollution. A study done in 2004 by United Way Toronto and [...]

Building A Brighter Future for Toronto

Building A Brighter Future for Toronto

Image via Wikipedia Did you know... A healthy diet is the most cost effective form of health care. Many worry that a public and universal health care can not be sustained with the rapidly aging. Healthy diet can help reduce Toronto Health bill by millions. Kids also need good nourishing food. Many studies have shown child nutrition [...]

Sizzling Steak; Sparkling Wine and Shamanism

Sizzling Steak; Sparkling Wine and Shamanism

Neil Pasricha’s “The Book of Awesome” began its life offering "simple, brilliant things" online last year and has become the recent buzz-word book. We have all experienced preciously cute and drippingly sweet e-mails. In fact, I have to plead guilty to forwarding deliciously irresistible photographs of a tangle of puppies, sleeping [...]