Health

According to brand new research published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, the younger you divorce, the harder it is. I can make some guesses as to why:

You can’t argue that it’s been a weird winter so far—in Toronto yesterday, well, we ended the last day of January with 10C temperature. Those few centimetres of snow that fell the day before have melted away, rushing past my driveway in a race to reach the storm drain.

Did you know that heart disease and stroke are the number one killers of women? Measha Brueggergosman, Canadian soprano and spokesperson for The Heart and Stroke Foundation's The Heart Truth campaign, explains her own health-related struggles, Becel's February heart-healthy initiative, and why all Canadian women need to starting listening to their hearts.

At 43, I’m officially too old for roller coasters. We went to Disneyworld last fall and the kids made me go on every aneurysm-causing death-coaster in town. Many of the rides were sorely lacking in head support and I came home with an awfully sore neck. I should have sued.

I'm spending a little time dwelling on my loveliest moments of 2011, so the whole thing doesn't just pass by in a messy blur. In Part One, I talked about the wonderful rustic farm I visited with my family in the south of France. In Part Two, it was schvitzing in Istanbul. And for Part Three, I'm going to spend some time reminiscing about flying an airplane over the western coast of Mexico.