Fusion Flavours
Butter Chicken Naan Pizza
Experience the fusion of Indian and Italian flavors with our innovative Butter Chicken Naan Pizza recipe! Try this recipe today.Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Serves: 5Ingredients:10 pieces, India's Own samosa 400 ml Patak's Butter Chicken sauce 5 pieces, Sundar Original Naan ½ cup mozzarella cheese, shred...
Nov 01, 2024
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Get back at it
How to Start Exercising...Again
Have you fallen off the exercise bandwagon? That's okay-here's how to get back to basics.If it's been a while since you exercised regularly, it may seem like a big deal to have to start from scratch. But even if you haven't been that active recently, you may be surprised by how easy it is to become more physically acti...
Oct 31, 2024
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Choosing Wellness Podcast
Season 2, Episode 7
Listen: Gut Hug and Health
Gut talk is all over social media, and the news. The link to gut health and overall health is a game changer, but what do we need to ensure good gut health, dietician Shannon Croker talks about probiotics. In such a fast-paced world we need things to help with our well-being, but is the peddle to the medal when it come...
Oct 07, 2024
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Season 2, Episode 6
Listen: Kids, food, social media and other life pressures
A topic finally being well-researched is how nutrition affects mental, physical, and emotional well-being. To help us dig into this a little deeper physician, Dr. Kelly Barnett talks about food and kids. We hear it, we know it, but what are we doing about social media being bad for overall well-being? According to Yale...
Sep 09, 2024
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Season 2, Episode 5
Listen: Going Deep Pelvic Health and Adaptogens
Choosing Wellness dives deep into the essence of wellness and how it intertwines with nature, mindfulness, and self-healing. Powered by Pattison Media, in this episode - a buff muff, functional mushrooms, arthritis is not just an older person's disease and how to lower anxiety.Tired of leaks, you can't cough, sneeze, o...
Aug 06, 2024
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 4
Listen: Enhanding the Human Experience
Choosing Wellness dives deep into the essence of wellness and how it intertwines with nature, mindfulness, and self-healing. Powered by Pattison Media, in this episode - why we crave sugar and how to manage it, what are nootropics, a look at biohacking and living life a little bit better in your liminal space.To hear m...
Jul 08, 2024
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Health and Wellness
Lingering Cough
What You Need to Know about Bronchitis
Breathe easier by understanding what you can do to prevent this bothersome condition.Coughing a lot and wondering if you have bronchitis? If you've recently had a cold, the flu, COVID-19 or another respiratory infection and you have a lingering cough, especially if you're coughing up mucus, there's a good chance you do...
Oct 31, 2024
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Simple act
Do This Every Day So You Don't Get Sick
It's true. The simple act of washing your hands is one of the most effective ways to prevent illness.How many times in your life have you been reminded to wash your hands? From early childhood, we are repeatedly encouraged to perform this simple ritual, but by the time we're adults, we're not always as vigilant as we s...
Oct 28, 2024
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Childhood obesity
Is Your Child Overweight? Here's Help
Overeating, lack of exercise and unhealthy diets are creating an obesity epidemic in children and teenagers. For example, obesity now affects more than 18% of U.S. children and teenagers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why Childhood Obesity Is a ProblemLow self-esteem and bullying issues a...
Oct 23, 2024
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Cold and flu season
Can't Stop Coughing?
When is a cough just a cough and when is it something more? Here's what you should know.Q: When should I see a doctor for a cough?If your cough lasts longer than three weeks, it's a good idea to see your doctor. You should also see your doctor if you cough up blood, have trouble breathing or have pain with your cough.Q...
Oct 21, 2024
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Lifestyle
Sugar Rush
What Are You Doing with All That Candy?
Now that Halloween has come and gone, here are tips to avoid sugar overload.You and your kids survived the sugar-frenzy that is often synonymous with Halloween. And if you're like many American families, you overindulged on sweets just a bit (or a lot!) because the calendar read October 31st. But now the page on the ca...
Nov 01, 2024
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Get back at it
How to Start Exercising...Again
Have you fallen off the exercise bandwagon? That's okay-here's how to get back to basics.If it's been a while since you exercised regularly, it may seem like a big deal to have to start from scratch. But even if you haven't been that active recently, you may be surprised by how easy it is to become more physically acti...
Oct 31, 2024
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quench your thirst
Is Vitamin Water Good for You?
Fancy, fortified, fizzy or fruity, bottled water is everywhere. When you get thirsty, you can turn on the tap or tap into your wallet.When looking for a healthy option to quench your thirst, you have dozens of choices with cool names in snazzy packages. The ads claim you can drink your vitamins, replenish electrolytes,...
Oct 25, 2024
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Family Exercise Routines
Is It Okay to Bring Your Kids to the Gym?
Exercise is good for kids, but here's how to decide if the gym is the right place for them.Physical activity is as important for kids as it is for adults. Many kids naturally move as they run and play, but with an emphasis today on more sedentary activities, such as playing video games and streaming media, it's becomin...
Oct 23, 2024
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Meditation
Recipes and Nutrition
Sugar Rush
What Are You Doing with All That Candy?
Now that Halloween has come and gone, here are tips to avoid sugar overload.You and your kids survived the sugar-frenzy that is often synonymous with Halloween. And if you're like many American families, you overindulged on sweets just a bit (or a lot!) because the calendar read October 31st. But now the page on the ca...
Nov 01, 2024
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Fusion Flavours
Butter Chicken Naan Pizza
Experience the fusion of Indian and Italian flavors with our innovative Butter Chicken Naan Pizza recipe! Try this recipe today.Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Serves: 5Ingredients:10 pieces, India's Own samosa 400 ml Patak's Butter Chicken sauce 5 pieces, Sundar Original Naan ½ cup mozzarella cheese, shred...
Nov 01, 2024
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Halloween party fave
Ginger Beer Halloween Mocktail
This fruity mocktail with a ginger beer kick will be a Halloween party favourite. Decorate your glass with a syringe for extra spooky flair.Ingredients:4 oz Western Family Pineapple Juice 2 oz Western Family Orange Juice 2 oz of freshly squeezed Lemon Juice 2 oz Ginger Beer Western Family Cranberry Cocktail, to fill th...
Oct 31, 2024
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Spooky Treats
Halloween Cookie Board
Add extra Halloween flair with this cookie board recipe including ube cookie with eyeballs, sugar cookie ghost, mummy hand pie and graveyard cookie.Directions1) RIP Graveyard CupcakesIngredientsChocolate Cupcakes120g (1 cup) Western Family all-purpose flour200g (1 cup) granulated sugar85g (1/4 cup) Western Family cocoa...
Oct 28, 2024
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Gardening
Art of Gardening
Watch: Making Compost for the Garden
Fall time means a lot of chores for the back yard gardener, but one particular chore is quite rewarding! Maury Hik from Art Knapp's in Kamloops, B.C. takes time talk about it in this episode of the Art of Gardening!
Oct 14, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Watch: Get it Done for the Fall Season
You may have had a bit of time off from working in the garden during the summer, but fall is on it's way so it's time to get back to work! Ivy Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops, B.C. has list of things that you should get to before the really cold weather arrives.
Oct 09, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Watch: Four Shrub Combos for the Fall Season
The arrival of fall means the colours of nature will soon be all around us. Shawn Ulmer from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops, B.C. has a few combinations of shrubs to make your yard and garden do just that!
Oct 02, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Watch: Bonsai for Beginners
Bonsai cultivation is perhaps something that might seem a little mysterious to some gardeners. But Ivy Hik from Art Knapp Garden Centre and Florist in Kamloops, B.C. provides some easy tips about the process to get beginners started.
Sep 25, 2024
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