Our extensive section looks at making fitness fun, predicting longevity, natural healing, the evolution of health care, spices that boost wellness, and choosing organic foods.

Dining Features

UBC's Gwen Chapman shows how gender impacts healthy eating and our engagement with food

Oct 21

Research shows that even in two-income families, women are still bearing most of the burden for ensuring kids are fed well.

Health Features

Dietitian dishes the facts on organic fruits and vegetables

Oct 21

Because organic food is usually more expensive, consumers want to prioritize those products that offer the greatest health benefits.

Tech

How Telus and Dr. Elaine Chin are placing a big bet on health promotion

Oct 21

Last month at Telus’s new head office in Vancouver, three executives spent more than an hour talking about the telecommunications company’s bold move into health care.

Health Features

Dancepl3y makes it easy to work it on the dance floor

Oct 21

Vancouver’s Melanie Levenberg created an exercise innovation that’ll have everyone sweating to the beat of their own drum.

Book Reviews

Authors Alejandro Frid, David Suzuki, Tim Flannery, and David Boyd offer ecological hope

Oct 21

If you’re curious to learn more about environmental issues leading up to late November and early December’s UN climate-change conference in Paris, here are four recently published books worth reading.

Health Features

ReThink Food asks students to imagine sustainable usage

Oct 21

ReThink Food is a one-day challenge to secondary-school students to design more sustainable ways of dealing with food in their schools.

Health Features

More than flavourful: four super spices that benefit your health

Oct 21

Here are four super spices that could give your health a boost.

News Features

Marijuana advocates point to Liberal hints of what legalization might look like under Justin Trudeau

Oct 21

Canada has elected a government that has promised to legalize marijuana; now, advocates for reform say there are a thousand questions about what comes next.

LifeStyle Features

Halloween black cat yoga class at Stretch Vancouver raises money for orphaned kittens

Oct 20

Emmanuelle Rousseau and Boyd Thomson are not only serious yogis; they’re serious cat people. The couple owns Stretch Yoga (180 East Pender), and in celebration of Halloween, they are hosting their second #catsonyourmats event.