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When it comes to recreational vehicles, there is something to suit every taste; from basic models to truly luxurious ones. This type of vehicle is considered a second home: There is enough room to store clothing, products, accessories and groceries, which means you can fi nally travel without spending hours searching through suitcases. If you would like to take your home with you when you travel, here is an idea of what is available:

The largest of the motorized recreational vehicles is the Class A motorhome. This is the ideal representation of a travelling home. They come with every convenience: A kitchen area, a bathroom, one or two bedrooms, a living area and storage space. They are equipped with propane systems, electricity, lighting, heating and air conditioning and have sliding exten-sions for additional space. The advantage of these vehicles is their smooth drive, which makes travelling that much more agreeable.

A mini-motorhome, or a Class C, has all the same conveniences as the Class A, but on a smaller scale and at a lower cost. They are generally built on the chassis of a small commercial truck and look a bit like a mini-bus.

Finally, the Class B is the smallest of the mo torhomes. Built on the chassis of a normal van, to which a raised roof has been added, this model also has all of the necessary conveniences for a camping trip or for when you’re waiting for your favourite team outside a stadium!

Recreational vehicles that don’t move!

In addition to mobile recreational vehicles, park models and station-ary trailers can be found on the market. These are second homes, often seasonal, although some of them can be lived in year round. Often made to measure, according to the specifi c needs of the client, they are generally in a fi xed place or can be moved with the help of a special tow truck.

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A recreational vehicle is like a second home. You no longer have to live out of a suitcase

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Towable RVs

Recreational vehicles are nothing less than houses on wheels. Users have the freedom to travel without having to worry about reservations or other inconveniences. If you would like to transform a simple weekend into a real getaway, an RV is the way to go! If you own a vehicle suit-able for towing a trailer, here are some of the options open to you:

Folding tent-trailers or camping trailers are light weight, compact and have modest price tags. These are the most affordable of the recreational vehicles designed to be towed. Once they are set up, they offer occupants lots of space. A sliding section can be added to increase the fl oor area, as well as a stove, a refrigerator, a toilet or even a shower!

Truck campers are very popular for hunting, fi shing or camping trips because they are designed to be installed on top of pick-up trucks. This means that anyone who has

a pick-up truck can transform it into an RV. The camping unit is detachable so that the vehicle can be used without having to change the location of the camp. It’s a small but very practical unit.

Travel trailers, or fi fth-wheels, are de signed to be towed and the choice of camping unit will depend on the vehi-cle towing it. The advantage of these types of RVs is that while they offer a lot of space and conveniences, the tow vehicle can be freed for other uses such as sightseeing, shopping, etc. Many models come with sliding exten-sions for additional living space.

Toy hauler RVs are more and more popular with outdoor enthusiasts. They offer all the conveniences of a trailer but everything inside can be folded to maximize fl oor space. This way, all of your adult toys (ATV, motorbike, sea-doo, canoe, ski-doo, etc.) can travel inside by using the folding ramp.

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Even if you live in a big city, chances are you don’t have to go far to enjoy the fresh air and beauty of the outdoors. All around you are green spaces, parks, bike paths, creeks and rivers, and fl ower gardens, even if they’re in your neighbour’s front yard. Getting outdoors is essential for good mental health. It lifts our spirits and boosts our well-being.

If you can get out to the countryside, you’ll be sure to recharge your batteries if you go for a walk or even a drive on a country path or road. Pack a tent and a sleeping bag, or pack up your travel trailer if you have one, and you’ll be able to prolong your enjoyment of the idyllic spots you’ll fi nd. Depending on the geography, you can hike up a mountain or fi sh along a river or picnic in the woods. And there’s nothing to refresh the soul like lighting a campfi re and enjoying marshmallows with the whole family.

Many urban centres have conservation areas that are easily accessible. These are natural havens for fl ora and fauna and are places where you can quickly forget your own daily worries. Biking is another way to enjoy the great outdoors, on city bike paths or country roads. By venturing outside your municipality you may discover some picturesque areas that you were completely unaware of. You never know!

If staying in town is more practical for you, consult your town’s website or look in the local newspaper to fi nd out about all the activities available close to home. You’ll be spoilt for choice between the municipal swimming pool, tennis or bad-minton lessons, sports associations, fam-ily activities, and organized festivities. Another wonderful possibility for spend-ing an evening underneath the stars is to attend an outdoor concert. These musical events are often held in public parks dur-ing summer.

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Nothing makes fi shermen hap-pier than having to use a landing net on a regular basis, because it means plenty of fi sh for the freezer! Knowing how to use this tool correctly is another matter, however. It can be especially tricky to judge exactly when it should be used to land your catch without it necessitating too many acrobat-ics. A landing net doesn’t pose too many problems when small fi sh are involved, but when your catch is a fair size the fi nal step of landing the fi sh requires a few precautions.

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your fi rst step should be to ensure that you have enough space to maneouvre within the boat. Secure the other lines if necessary. Stow your tackle boxes and generally tidy up the area. In other words, make room for your catches in the boat. Fish often instinctively thrash around the closer they are to the boat, so a bit of organization will give you more freedom to move around as you lead them in.

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VISUAL LEARNERSIs your child always looking at pictures? Visual people developed a sense of style when they were little: they love coordinating the colours of their out-fits, they adore drawing, and can spend hours in front of the mirror. Visual children are curious, alert, and mischievous but are often afraid of the dark. The expression, “a picture is worth a thousand words” is entirely appropriate for these children: a photograph or a drawing helps them understand a topic. Look them straight in the eye to get their attention.

AUDITORY LEARNERSDoes your child love being read to in different voices? Auditory people are listening attentively even if they’re not looking at the reader or speaker. Auditory children are usually calm, aren’t worried about their appearance, and prefer to play. These children can have outstanding musical skills but are often afraid of thunder. Reading to them or encour-aging them to read out loud will improve their com-prehension. Using rhymes will help them to assimi-late material more quickly. Compliments stimulate and help to further the progress of auditory learn-ers.

KINESTHETIC LEARNERSIs your child passionate about action hero or adven-ture stories? The best stories for kinesthetic learners are short and sweet, though: tactile learners don’t like to stay still for too long. They prefer soft, com-fortable clothing and are drawn to sports or motor activities. These children need to move, participate, and imitate in order to make the most of learning situations. Get their attention by touching their shoulders.

Are your children visual, auditory, or kinesthetic?

In September, the number of asthma attacks experienced by children increases dramatically, leading to frequent visits to the hospital emergency department. According to pulmonary health specialists, the outbreak of asthma symptoms in September is due to the transmission of cold viruses facilitated by the sudden close proximity with other children at school. While a non-asthmatic child can recover from a common cold within a few days, a child with asthma can become seriously ill.

Parents of asthmatic children probably don’t look forward to the start of a new school year. However, many preventive mea-sures can be taken. Start by ensuring that your children use a medication that prevents asthma attacks, even during the sum-mer. Teach them to wash their hands often and for at least 20

seconds. Hand washing helps protect against cold and flu viruses, the major triggers of asthmatic difficulties.

Both parents and their children should be aware of all the fac-tors that could trigger an attack, as well as tricks to avoid them. These include warming up slowly before a physical education class, wearing scarves over their faces and breathing through the nose if the weather is cold, and carefully following their personalized action plan recommended by doctors in order to fight asthma.

Advise teachers that your child is asthmatic: inform them of the triggering factors, the symptoms, and the procedures to follow in case of an emergency. Lastly, verify every day that your children take their asthma inhalers to school with them.

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Very few smokers become addicted in adulthood. Most of them first pick up the habit as teenagers, when it seems harmless or, perhaps, sim-ply rebellious. If there is any good news in this, it is that parents can help their chil-dren say no to tobacco.

TALK TO THEMStudies have shown that parents who talk about tobacco addiction with their chil-dren see less incidence of smoking by those children. That is the case even if the parents are smokers themselves. Broach the subject with your children when all concerned are calm and there will be no interruptions. Start the conversation by asking them what they think of tobacco addiction. Listen carefully to what they say. Ask them to describe their feelings and thoughts about cigarettes.

Share your thoughts with them as well. Do they really understand the effects of tobacco on the health, physical appear-ance, and wallet? Do they know that smoking cigarettes can develop into a nicotine addiction, which can be harder to overcome than dependency on some hard-

er drugs? If you have difficulty in getting this information across, another approach would be to search for information on the Web or through local healthcare services with your children.

PREPARE SOME RESPONSESInevitably, someone will offer cigarettes to your children. Will they be able to say no? Prepare some responses togeth-er that they’ll be comfortable with. For example, “No thanks, I prefer to have white teeth”; “Forget that! I don’t want to smell like an ashtray”; “I don’t need that to be cool”; “Are you trying to kill me?”; or “I want to keep my money for other stuff”.

KEEP TRYINGThe older your children get the more opportunities they will have to smoke. Keep coming back to the subject as often as necessary. They will probably be able to resist the tempta-tion because they know you are concerned for their health.

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Children who were used to being the biggest in the schoolyard will sud-denly be the youngest ones when this new school year begins. Starting high school is a big step that can create a great deal of stress in children. Here are a few ways to help them prepare for the big day.

First of all, make sure that they know what’s in store for them. Parents can sometimes pinpoint what may be troubling their children just by talk-ing about their new school. For example, they might be worried about getting lost or not making friends. They might just be having anxiety about using a new combination padlock! By letting them talk about their fears, parents can often help their children resolve such worries.

You could suggest visiting the school, finding friends who will be or are already attending the same school, and practicing opening a new combi-nation lock. Discuss your children’s worries with them, but try to discour-age them from becoming obsessive. Making a fuss will only increase stress levels. All the same, make sure your children feel comfortable bringing up their concerns whenever they need to and that they know they can count on their parents for support.

Starting high school also means increased independence. Children who might never have had to manage much responsibility will now have to organize their own agendas and course notes, plan when to hand in work, and manage their time between classes and at lunchtime. To help children prepare for this new inde-pendence, entrust them with a few chores around the home, without imposing a precise time to do them. That way, they will learn to manage their time and make choices by themselves.

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Starting high school is a big step that can create a great deal of stress in children.

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Tasty, healthy, and varied lunches right through the school year? Is it an impossible dream for busy parents? Not with a bit of discipline and a few good ideas! Filling a lunchbox with a healthy, balanced lunch just means knowing which products to choose at the grocery store.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLESChoose seasonal fruits and vegetables. As soon as you get them home, take a few minutes to cut them into portions that will be easy to slip into a lunch-box. Build up a stock of small containers of sugar-free apple and mixed fruit sauces as well as 100-percent-pure fruit juices.

GRAIN PRODUCTSWhole wheat grain products are a great source of fibre and satisfy the hungriest of children, allowing them to concentrate on their school work. Be sure to purchase whole wheat breads, bagels, tortillas, and crackers at the grocery store. The same thing goes for pasta products. As for rice, opt for brown rather than white and add quinoa and couscous to your shopping list for more varied menus.

DAIRY PRODUCTSDepending on their age, children should drink between two and four portions of milk and substi-tutes per day. You can replace milk with an enriched

soya beverage, rice milk, or almond milk if there is no nut ban at your child’s school. Look for yogurts with a fat content of 2 percent or less. The smaller bottles of pro-biotic drinks and cheeses in individual portions are also great choices. Be vigilant, however: many stirred yogurts and yogurt drinks are high in sugar.

MEATSTo prepare healthy lunches in short order, keep on hand a few hard-boiled eggs, cans of tuna or salmon, and cooked chicken. If you use ham in sandwiches, try to buy naturally cured meat. If your neighbourhood school allows them, walnuts and almonds are a great alternative source of protein and are delicious combined with a fruity snack.

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Tablet computers: a revolution?It only seems like yesterday when you were holding your little one in your arms, and now your son or daughter is getting ready to go to school. This is an important step in the lives of children, but it is also a big day for parents. Here are a few tips to help this first day be a happy memory to look back on.

• Reassure your children by telling them all about kin-dergarten well in advance. Use simple, positive words. Focus on the activities they’ll enjoy and the friends they’ll make.

• Visit the school with them or at least walk around the schoolyard. If your children will be going to school on foot, walk the route a few times with them. Remind them of all the safety rules and go over the landmarks with them.

• At least one week before the big day, establish a rou-tine similar to the one your children will follow dur-ing the school year. Decide on the time they should get up and eat breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth, prepare schoolbags, and leave for the bus or walk. The same goes for the evening routine: choose when bath and bedtime will be.

• Two days before the start of school, check their school supplies. Every item should be identified with your children’s names.

• The evening before the big day, help your chil-dren choose the clothes they’ll wear and involve them in the preparation of their lunchboxes.

• Avoid showing any stress you may be feel-

ing. Calm parents mean calm children. Answer any questions simply, without further explanation, as making a fuss won’t help anyone.

• Last but not least, don’t forget to take a picture of them with backpack and lunchbox as they leave for their first big day!

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More and more schools are succumbing to the temptation of tablet computers, and some have even made the iPad from Apple a mandatory item on their school supplies list. Primary and secondary students who were practically born with a mouse in their hands love this power-ful technology.

For those who are not in the know, tab-lets are laptops with approximately the same dimensions as a sheet of paper. Digital tablets, also known as touchpads, have writing functions but also have the advantage of being media oriented: books, magazines, newspapers, news networks, and research sources are avail-able at the touch of a finger.

Schools who have chosen to make tab-lets compulsory maintain that students no longer have loads of textbooks to carry around. Grammar books, diction-

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and much cheaper than bound books. Tablets also offer new teaching possi-bilities for teachers, who can choose from a wide range of exciting educa-tional applications. Although it is too soon for any studies to demonstrate the effect these tablets have on academic results, it is already apparent that young people are visibly motivated and seem to have more pleasure in learning when they are able to use new technologies.

One thing is sure: since computers first appeared in schools, technological developments have changed the reality of students as much as that of their teachers. That is exactly what has hap-pened with the advent of interactive whiteboards, which are increasingly replacing the old fashioned blackboard.

Will tablets transform the teaching world? That remains to be seen, but many young people are already dream-ing about it!

For those who are not in the know, tablets are laptops with approximately the same dimensions as a sheet of paper.


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A balanced diet, one hour of physical activ-ity every day, and good sleeping habits can make all the difference to a child’s aca-demic performance. Ensuring that these three elements are priorities means giving children what is necessary for their physical and mental well-being. They have better concentration, they are more relaxed, and they are more disposed to learning.

Studies have shown that young people with healthy lifestyles have a better memory and can obtain higher marks at school. Parents can encourage them in these habits by set-ting a good example. Serving quality, varied meals is a great start. Physical exercise that

is a regular component of daily life will be an exemplary model for young children as well as teenagers. How can children be encouraged to be physically active if their parents are sedentary? Playing ball, walk-ing, or cycling together cost little and can be extremely beneficial for children’s health and schooling.

The World Health Organization doesn’t pull any punches on this matter: it qualifies the obesity of millions of young people around the world as an epidemic. In fact, poor diet and sedentary habits are so widespread that it is estimated that 10 percent of children and teenagers aged 5 to 17 are obese. The physi-

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Studies have shown that young people with healthy lifestyles have a better memory and can obtain higher marks.

A stress-free, well-organized start to a new school year would be great, wouldn’t it? With these handy tips, you can turn that dream into reality. So, relax and prepare yourself for a return to school that is com-pletely Zen.

First of all, don’t wait until the last minute to buy all the school supplies your child’s teacher will have provided. Buy the items that you’ll need for homework at the same time. Reorganize the study area so that it will be ready for the first homework session. Establish a school routine a week before school starts — that means doing away with late bed-times and sleep-ins. Fix a new schedule for getting up, going to bed, eating, watching TV, and playing. Plan an effective and reasonable morning routine with the children for getting dressed, eating break-fast, brushing teeth, and getting out the door.

Take advantage of the last weekend before school starts to do some cooking. Prepare individual proportions of veggie sticks for the week, and cook a chicken, a stew, or a homemade soup. It’s always a good idea to prepare more than you need and freeze the leftovers. Try to keep up this good habit all year round: it will prove very convenient on evenings when you’re in a rush! The night before school starts, help your children choose their clothes, check their schoolbags, and prepare their lunches. Set the table for breakfast before going to bed.

On the big day, set your alarm a touch ear-lier than everyone else’s to give yourself some time to prepare and relax a bit, espe-cially if you’re stressed out. Be careful not to show any anxiety you might be feeling. In the evening, when all the family is back home after a nerve-wracking day, take some well-deserved time to relax together. Talk, play, and smile: everybody survived the first day of school!

Starting a new school year with a Zen attitude

Take advantage of the weekend before school starts to do some cooking and prepare

individual portions for the week’s lunches.

Parents of children who are allergic to nuts, peanuts, eggs, or other food items take many precautions to ensure the safety of their children at school. But we all have a role to play in helping protect these children.

• Educate yourself and raise awareness among friends and family of the problems sur-rounding food allergies.

• Carefully follow any food bans imposed by your school. Before putting an item into a lunchbox, read the food labels attentively, especially warnings such as “can contain traces of...” Even the smallest trace of an allergen can be fatal to some children.

• Teach your children from a young age to always wash their hands before and after a meal.• Teach your children the importance of never sharing the food, utensils, containers, and

straws in their lunchboxes. • Tell your children, including teenagers, that making fun of allergies or people with aller-

gies is totally out of place and will not be tolerated.• Ensure that your children know the symptoms of anaphylactic shock, such as the face

turning red, difficulty breathing, swelling, coughing, and sneezing.

When a school outing or activity is planned, the school might ask you not to send allergen-containing foods. Your collab-oration is essential in order to protect children living with allergies. Tell yourself that it is better to take extra precautions rather than have to live with tragic consequences.

Preventing allergic reactions is everyone’s business

Homework time can be a difficult moment for children as well as parents. Between making dinner, daily chores, and children who grumble or who refuse outright to do their homework, it is not easy to stay Zen! Here are seven tricks to help you:

1. Establish a routine at the beginning of the school year and stick to it. Homework should be done at the same time each day, in the same place (a quiet, well-lit room), and for about the same amount of time.

2. Ban all forms of distraction. No televi-sion, music, or aimless wandering about by other family members where children are doing their homework. Put a barking dog outside!

3. Let your children empty their own school-bags and organize their school material. Give them time to look at their teachers’ homework schedules and ask them what they have to do.

4. Stay present and avail-able, without succumbing

to the temptation of doing the homework yourself. If your children need help, show them that you are paying attention and are willing to give advice.

5. Let your children read instructions out loud. This will enable them to stay con-centrated on their homework and you will also know how far along they are.

6. If they get stuck, ask them to explain to you in their own words what they under-stand. Then tell them what you understand. By working together you may succeed in solving the problem.

7. Always try and make homework time a positive experience, punctuated with encouragement for every effort. Your chil-dren will be all the more motivated!

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Because learning is fun!

During the compulsory schooling period, young students learn their subjects as they develop a life-long taste for learning. From then on, even after they become adults, very few of them will not feel the need or the desire to continue learning. The education offered in adult training centres, high schools, col-leges, and universities, relates to employment and everyday life.

Whether it involves a supplementary or a recreational class, your desire to learn is easy to satisfy! If you haven’t already, you will soon receive brochures and flyers advertising the vari-ous courses offered to adults in the different learning centers in your region. Among these, you will find classes in office administration (electronics, accounting, secretarial, informat-ics…), communications and multimedia (languages, literature, programming, data bases…), industrial technologies (electric-ity, industrial maintenance, automation…), and management techniques (human resources, work and personnel manage-ment…).

If your desire to learn is more personal and you want to turn it into a hobby, you can also choose one of the many arts or physical fitness courses. Universities, colleges, as well as high schools offer courses focused on person-al development and physi-cal fitness that are espe-cially designed for mature students. It is difficult to choose between classes in watercolours or yoga, Spanish or guitar lessons… If your schedule permits, two classes are even better!

Universities, colleges, as well as high schools

offer courses focused on personal development

and physical fitness for adults.

Do you have difficulty getting up in the morning or climbing the stairs to get to your office? If so, it may be time for you to take control of the situa-tion and play more sports. The first thing to do to develop a healthier lifestyle is sign up for a physi-cal activity.

The traditional fitness centre is not your only option. You can also sign up for a sport where you are teamed up with the same group of people every week. By forming friendships, you will be motivated to pursue your training. With friends by your side, missing a training session to watch something interesting on TV is out of the ques-tion.

The choice of courses is very diverse and several establishments offer them. Usually, the munici-pality and other organizations distribute flyers listing the activities they offer. Karate, aquafit, yoga, pilates, hockey, and just about all sports are offered, depending on the infrastructures avail-able in your city.

What’s more, the prices are quite affordable. Being able to spend some time to develop your physi-cal strength is possible on any budget. Joining a physical activity is a wise decision. In three months, climbing the stairs to get to your office will no lon-ger be a challenge.

Learning throughout life

Nothing is better for your health than taking a course to get moving!

Registering for a course serves many purposes: it breaks the isolation, stimulates the spirit and the body, and fulfills a strong need to learn throughout life.

Sign up for a sport, why not?

Of course, we attend school when we are young. As we grow up, we stay in school to learn a trade. Then,

when we practice our trade, we return to school to have fun! We learn at every age, throughout our life. Life itself is a school. Yet, what a pleasure it is to learn in a group, to make friends, and expand our social and professional network.

Learn or master a second language, develop your talent for photography, improve your watercolour techniques, increase your muscle mass, keep your spirit and your mind sharp, discover foreign cul-tures, see places…

Do you want to push yourself? Acquire new knowl-

edge? Share a good time with friends? Enjoy a pleasant experience? Put your thoughts into action and choose one of the courses offered at the local community centre, the city’s recreation centre, arts workshops, language schools, dance schools, personal growth workshops…

Registering for a course serves many purposes: it breaks the isolation for some people; for groups of a certain age, it provides training that satisfies their expectations and their special needs; it stimulates the spirit and the body of all these beautiful people; and it fulfills a strong need that adults, even seniors, have to learn throughout their lives. Read carefully the fly-ers, the brochures, and the circulars that you receive around this time, and keep on learning!


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Whether it’s the result of an accident, an illness, or due to the ageing process, many of us may need specialized equipment to improve our comfort and maximize our autonomy at some point in our lives. When physical adaptations are required, it is always

a good idea to seek the advice of experts working in stores that specialize in devices such as wheelchairs, electric beds, walkers, four-wheel mobility scooters, or patient lifts.

In fact, the key to obtaining the most suitable equipment for your needs is an analysis of your situation carried out by people with a great deal of experience in this area. No matter what type of equipment is required, they will know exactly what to suggest and make all the necessary adjustments in order for you to be as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. Usually, repair services are also available.

These stores offer a surprising range of products for sale or for rent in order to satisfy your slightest need. For example, one can find wheelchairs in many formats: conventional, ultralight (folding or not), or electric, to which can be added a wide

range of accessories, such as cushions, backrests, gloves, and storage bags. It goes without saying that the quality of this type of equipment has improved immensely over the years!

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The days are long gone when the only equipment to be found in a radiology clinic was one X-ray machine. Today’s patients are offered a wide range of state-of-the-art tools. These high performance digital devices give clearer images and more precise diagnoses, which doctors can consult online as soon as your examination has been completed.

Despite the appearance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasounds, and CT scans, conventional radiology examina-tions are still used and remain important basic tools. Wherever the problem lies — in the head, neck, arms, legs, spine, pelvis, thorax, lungs, or abdomen — examinations carried out at a radiology clinic allow doctors to make more precise diagnoses.

Specialized radiology examinations are also available in these ultra-modern clinics. Some of the most common are the diverse fluoroscop-ic studies, including examinations of the digestive system, therapeu-tic infiltrations, and arthrographies of the major joints.

Whatever type of problem you may have, visiting a radiology clinic may be one more step towards a complete recovery.

Radiology clinics are constantly evolving

If you believe that nothing can be done to prevent baldness, you should think again. Several solutions are now available.

Hair loss afflicts at least one man out of two after the age of 50. Women can also be affected, although this loss is spread out over a longer period of time and starts later in life. One out of two women experiences this problem in varying degrees after the age of 60.

To counteract this problem, hair thickening shampoos and lotions are avail-able. There are also medications that manage to stop or slow hair loss. Another option is hair replacement, using non-surgical techniques to create natural looking hair lines and progressively increase hair volume with the help of human or synthetic hair.

The most radical solution is follicular unit micrografting of hair, which involves taking hair clusters from a hair bearing part of the scalp and trans-planting them to the top of the head. This work is carried out by a surgeon under local anesthetic.

No matter which solution you opt for, it’s important to make an appointment at a hair loss clinic with a good reputation.

Don’t tear your hair out about it!

The most radical solution for reducing the effects of hair loss is follicular unit micrograft hair transplantation.

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“Arty the Artwalker” welcomes you to “The Art Walk and Sale 2012”. Williams Lake has long been known as the Stampede Capital of BC and as the home, of Rick Hansen, “The Man In Motion”. We are now becoming extremely well known for our Art Walk and Sale. On your way to Williams Lake, stop in at the Tourism Discovery Centre and see the new monument celebrating the twenty-fifth anniver-sary of Rick’s World Tour. Running from August 7 to Sept 8, Art Walk features the art of forty-five local artists. The artists are located in the premises of local downtown merchants. Each merchant will be giving away a door prize and Downtown Williams Lake will be giving away gift certificates of $300.00, $200.00 and $100.00, which can be spent at participating Art Walk Merchants. To qualify for these prizes, you must have your pass-port stamped by at least forty of the merchants. Leave your passport with the last merchant that stamped your passport and get set to win.

This year, many forms of art will be on display. The artists will include a W o o d w o r k e r , Photographers, Painters, a Videographer, a Sculptor, a Leather Worker, a Blacksmith, Artist of the Museum, Quilters, Potters, Carvers,

Stained Glass Makers and a Jewellery maker. Downtown Williams Lake has a diverse array of Merchants to serve you. All services and products you could need including Hotels and Restaurants are available in downtown Williams Lake.

Each Thursday will include a special event on the Walk and will end with a concert at the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Amphitheatre. Thursday will also include a Dress up Day, an Artist on the Walk Day and a Child Development Centre Day. Look for Buskers to entertain you as you stroll from Artist to Artist during the Walk.

As you will see for yourself as you Walk the Walk, Downtown Williams Lake has been a proud supporter of the Arts for many years. The many beautiful murals and tranquil gardens with their historic kiosks add to the benefits of any walking tour. We are committed to the vision of a beautiful, vibrant and liveable downtown core and we believe the arts are an integral part of that. This year, in part-nership with the “Choices for Youth Program” and with a grant from the “Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society”, we are adding the Alley Art Project. This project is a mentorship opportunity for youth that will have the added benefit of sup-

porting efforts to reduce tagging and graffiti in the downtown while bring-ing vitality and light to areas typically unnoticed by the public.

The first of this year’s murals is located on the corner of 3rd and Yorston, in the stairwell to the entrance of the Friendship Centre Gift Shop. This mural is a three sided piece depicting a scenic view of life in a tradi-

tional village on the Fraser River. The sec-ond mural will be located about a block further north. This mural is to be a grand scale depic-tion of life in Williams Lake sometime in the mid –twenties. The pro-cess of completing these murals is expected to take several weeks so if you see Dwayne Davis, Jamie and Miranda on your walk, don’t hesitate

to say hello.When you are not on

the Art Walk, please take part in the heart-stopping action of white water rafting, experience the exhilaration of single track mountain biking or enjoy the peace and tran-quility of a stroll along the lakeshore at the Scout Island Nature Centre. Come to Williams Lake and enjoy the joys of our Artwalk.

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