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                    [Title] => Elderly live in own homes
                    [Summary] => 

Statistics Canada reported that 92% of all seniors lived in their own homes and 8% in collective dwellings. It also found that between 1981 and 2011, the proportion of seniors who still live with their spouse or partner had increased. In 2011, 76% of men and 49% of women lived as part of a couple, up from 75% of men and 40% of women in 1981.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 886354 [Title] => Price of medical marijuana to hit new high with introduction of new sales system [Summary] =>

The cost of medical marijuana in Canada is about to hit a new high as the government seeks to get out of the business.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-15 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 754493 [Title] => Luigi warns public against buying cheap toys [Summary] =>

Sixth district Rep. Luis Gabriel Quisumbing warns the public to be vigilant when buying cheap toys and accessories as these are said to have high lead and cadmium content.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1321282 [AuthorName] => Flor Z. Perolina [SectionName] => Freeman Metro Cebu [SectionUrl] => metro-cebu [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 617052 [Title] => More educated women marry their kind [Summary] =>

Women with university degrees are not only more likely to get married, but they are most likely to marry someone with a similar level of education.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 609317 [Title] => Oh, my cash, there's poison in my receipt! [Summary] =>

Of course, you’ve heard (and lamented) about Bisphenol A in baby bottles.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 543515 [Title] => Alert on lethal metal kids' jewelry [Summary] =>

Hear ye, all parents! Do your kids wear jewelry? Do you know what kind of jewelry they’re wearing? Now, read this: According to Health Canada, so reports CBC News, cheap children’s jewelry made in China has been found to contain cadmium, a heavy metal that is more toxic than lead.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 422009 [Title] => Myth busting: Caffeine not related to breast cancer [Summary] =>

It’s hard to miss out on life just because you feel scared. Truth be told, there are a lot of things to be scared about in this world.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246268 [Title] => Managing diabetes with 2-in-1 medicine [Summary] => Ernie Q. is a bank executive who has been battling diabetes for 10 years now. All these years, he has been prescribed several medicines to manage his ailment and its complications.

Like many diabetics, Ernie is hoping for a cure. Cognizant that diabetes is a chronic disease which involves long-term treatment, he is willing to try a breakthrough pill.

Many diabetics are not aware that the use of an effective medicine is very essential in the management of diabetes. Failure to manage it may result in serious damage to the eyes, kidneys and heart.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245169 [Title] => Not a good time to be in poultry business [Summary] => It’s not a good time to be in the chicken business, even in Canada. A few weeks back, chickens in a Matsqui farm were destroyed. Then, avian flu was discovered in a poultry farm near Fraser River. Eventually, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the destruction of 365,000 birds in Fraser Valley where the first avian flu was discovered.

Fortunately, the 17 poultry farms within the supposedly hot zone are free of the disease. The federal government and poultry farm owners are still taking the necessary measures to detect and prevent the spread of the flu.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238083 [Title] => Positive changes in PAL [Summary] => PAL (Philippine Air Lines) in the past has been ridiculed, criticized and shamed for their planes being late all the time, the infantile management, the flighty attendants who treat Caucasian passengers better than the Filipinos, the inoperative and overspending government appointees, the managers with an "attitude" and the fact that PAL is non-profitable and with a dreary future in the world of international aviation.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
HEALTH CANADA
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        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1298708
                    [Title] => Elderly live in own homes
                    [Summary] => 

Statistics Canada reported that 92% of all seniors lived in their own homes and 8% in collective dwellings. It also found that between 1981 and 2011, the proportion of seniors who still live with their spouse or partner had increased. In 2011, 76% of men and 49% of women lived as part of a couple, up from 75% of men and 40% of women in 1981.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 886354 [Title] => Price of medical marijuana to hit new high with introduction of new sales system [Summary] =>

The cost of medical marijuana in Canada is about to hit a new high as the government seeks to get out of the business.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-15 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 754493 [Title] => Luigi warns public against buying cheap toys [Summary] =>

Sixth district Rep. Luis Gabriel Quisumbing warns the public to be vigilant when buying cheap toys and accessories as these are said to have high lead and cadmium content.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1321282 [AuthorName] => Flor Z. Perolina [SectionName] => Freeman Metro Cebu [SectionUrl] => metro-cebu [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 617052 [Title] => More educated women marry their kind [Summary] =>

Women with university degrees are not only more likely to get married, but they are most likely to marry someone with a similar level of education.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 609317 [Title] => Oh, my cash, there's poison in my receipt! [Summary] =>

Of course, you’ve heard (and lamented) about Bisphenol A in baby bottles.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 543515 [Title] => Alert on lethal metal kids' jewelry [Summary] =>

Hear ye, all parents! Do your kids wear jewelry? Do you know what kind of jewelry they’re wearing? Now, read this: According to Health Canada, so reports CBC News, cheap children’s jewelry made in China has been found to contain cadmium, a heavy metal that is more toxic than lead.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 422009 [Title] => Myth busting: Caffeine not related to breast cancer [Summary] =>

It’s hard to miss out on life just because you feel scared. Truth be told, there are a lot of things to be scared about in this world.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246268 [Title] => Managing diabetes with 2-in-1 medicine [Summary] => Ernie Q. is a bank executive who has been battling diabetes for 10 years now. All these years, he has been prescribed several medicines to manage his ailment and its complications.

Like many diabetics, Ernie is hoping for a cure. Cognizant that diabetes is a chronic disease which involves long-term treatment, he is willing to try a breakthrough pill.

Many diabetics are not aware that the use of an effective medicine is very essential in the management of diabetes. Failure to manage it may result in serious damage to the eyes, kidneys and heart.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245169 [Title] => Not a good time to be in poultry business [Summary] => It’s not a good time to be in the chicken business, even in Canada. A few weeks back, chickens in a Matsqui farm were destroyed. Then, avian flu was discovered in a poultry farm near Fraser River. Eventually, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the destruction of 365,000 birds in Fraser Valley where the first avian flu was discovered.

Fortunately, the 17 poultry farms within the supposedly hot zone are free of the disease. The federal government and poultry farm owners are still taking the necessary measures to detect and prevent the spread of the flu.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238083 [Title] => Positive changes in PAL [Summary] => PAL (Philippine Air Lines) in the past has been ridiculed, criticized and shamed for their planes being late all the time, the infantile management, the flighty attendants who treat Caucasian passengers better than the Filipinos, the inoperative and overspending government appointees, the managers with an "attitude" and the fact that PAL is non-profitable and with a dreary future in the world of international aviation.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1464886 [AuthorName] => LIVING IN CANADA By Mel Tobias [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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