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With a borrowed bicyclette and a baguette in your basket, the City of Lights is yours to discover....
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A new exhibit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture considers whether the utopian ideals of early modernism continued to haunt the architectural designs of the '60s, '70s, and '80s....
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On June 10, internationally renowned architects Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman shared their often-conflicting opinions on what they consider to be the most pressing issue in architecture today, during a discussion entitled "Urgency" at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal....
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In the Eternal City, every passion has its place of worship: the Vatican for Catholics, Via del Corso for fashionistas, and the stadium for soccer fans. For food lovers it is the Città del Gusto.....
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"I can't stand waiting in line. I get way too stressed out or angry," says Marie-Josée Racicot, the marketing and development director at Grandma Emily’s Granola, a Montreal-based maker of healthy snack foods....
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He was the deadliest Canadian fighter pilot of the Second World War and, given the chance, George Beurling might have become the top ace of his time. That is, if only he had been understood by his contemporaries not simply as a rule-breaking rebel, but as a brilliant flyer who was uncannily good at killing fascists.....
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Canada boasts the third-greatest supply of renewable fresh water on earth, but only half of one per cent of the world's population. The notion that such a small number of people could ever exhaust this vast liquid wealth seems impossible — which may account for Canadians' distinction as the second most wasteful water users on the planet....
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Ask any decorator worth her Ghost chair and she'll say that nothing changes a room more dramatically, quickly and economically than paint. Getting primed to paint the interior of your home doesn't need to be chore, and the right advice makes all the difference....
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He has style, he has flair, he has a really funny manifesto. So just who is Jonathan Adler?...
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Not so long ago, visitors in Ireland seeking a culinary holiday would have been greeted with blank stares by their hotel concierge, who would have promptly directed them to the nearest French or Italian restaurant....
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Put down the McMansion and rethink your notion of reusable space....
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Treating uterine fibroids may eventually be as simple as prescribing a pill, or zapping the benign growths with high-intensity focused ultrasound—two of several promising nonsurgical alternatives to the roughly 300,000 fibroid-related hysterectomies performed annually in the United States....
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The Irish are well known—but not necessarily admired—for their traditional meat-and-potatoes cuisine. But until recently, visitors to the Emerald Isle found scant evidence of such classic fare as corned beef and cabbage on Irish menus....
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Eating on the run? You don't have to settle for candy, chips or chocolate bars. Some convenience stores offer tasty and local treats, from sushi rice to Georgian cheese bread and Sri Lankan fishcakes....
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Every builder tries to put a little heart into their construction work, but what about a brain? With the push of a button, a computerized automation system can take a lot of the thinking — and work — out of a homeowner's everyday routine....
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Statins may diminish the risk of sepsis in people with cardiovascular disease, according to the results of a large observational study....
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In Maui, Hawaii, my head is swimming through waves of fear and excitement as I peer down at the slick brown stones several yards below my feet, at the edge of a waterfall plunge pool....
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Shopping Safari: Chicago

For an authentic shopping experience in Chi-town, skip downtown and make a beeline to Bucktown and Wicker Park instead. These trendy adjoining neighbourhoods are the heart and soul of the thriving fashion scene, with tons of independent boutiques offering one-of-a-kind finds to suit any taste – and budget...
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Have something to say about issues in medicine and need to say it now? Get blogging...

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Walk along Fort Lauderdale's hot, sandy shore in the shadow of a new condominium here, a glittering just-built hotel there, and you'll pass by suntanning couples, seniors napping under parasols and kids making sand castles....

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How the Apple computer ads that changed nothing changed everything....
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Combine online travel and social networking with smart-phone technology and what do you get? According to Kelly Fallis, a Toronto-based entrepreneur whose work (and play) regularly takes her all over North America: the entire world, in the palm of your hand....
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Whether too heavy or too thin, women don't appreciate how their weight can affect their fertility says Dean Van Vugt...
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Treating uterine fibroids may eventually be as simple as prescribing a pill, or zapping the benign growths with high-intensity focused ultrasound—two of several promising nonsurgical alternatives to the roughly 300,000 fibroid-related hysterectomies performed annually in the United States....
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Gourmet food, luxe lodgings and Gregorian chants — what's not to love about North Hatley?...
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Optician Joseph Assouline offers tips about counselling clients on which eyeglasses are right for them....
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"Please God," I muttered to myself, half in jest, half in prayer, "don’t let me die a virgin."...
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Cabinets may be the obvious attention grabbers, but countertops — the workhorses of kitchens and baths — set the tone for a room....
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Visiting a hospital is not usually something to look forward to — unless you happen to pop into the gift shop at Mount Sinai Hospital and Rosebel Turner is behind the counter....
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The art project known simply as 'book' was sent at random between four artists: Mac Premo and Duke Riley, two friends living in Brooklyn, New York; Oliver and Rory Jeffers, brothers living in Belfast, North Ireland....
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An outpost of the legendary local steakhouse, Gallagher’s is known for its top-quality beef, dry-aged 21 days and grilled over hickory charcoal for unmatched flavour....
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Hawaii is the sort of place you want to retire. Tomorrow. From sun-kissed beaches to lush, mist-covered peaks, it’s the sort of natural beauty that you dream about, and it doesn’t hurt that the place is forever an ocean away from the nearest snow-covered driveway....
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This book is a collection of profiles exploring the many facets of war heroism and chronicling the lives and deeds of 10 of the most important figures in Canadian history.

It supplies a good measure of quirks and controversies as well, such as the fact that none of the first four profiles are on people actually born in Canada, or that one of this book's most well-known subjects, ace World War I pilot Billy Bishop, has also been accused of having lied about most, if not all, of his 72 victory claims. Then there’s the small detail that the very last chapter isn’t the profile of a person, but rather, an entire regiment.

Each chapter offers a snapshot of the remarkable lives lived and battles fought by these very different Canadian heroes: Sir Isaac Brock, Tecumseh and Laura Secord in the War of 1812; the Marquis de Montcalm in the Seven Years' War; Alexander Roberts Dunn in the Crimean War; William Avery "Billy" Bishop, Sir Arthur Currie and Georges-Philéas Vanier in World War I; Roméo Dallaire in the UN peacekeeping mission to Rwanda during the Rwandan Genocide; and finally, the entire Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment, which has fought in nearly every important Canadian battle from the Great War up to the recent NATO strike against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan as part of the War on Terrorism...

Ordering information: Lone Pine Publishing

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