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Average home in GTA $632,685; prices upby 9.6% compared to same period in 2014

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TORONTO - Toronto Real Estate Board President Mark McLeanannounced that Greater Toronto Area REALTORS® repor ted7,385 home sales through TREB's MLS® System in November2015 - up by 14 per cent compared to November 2014. Thisresult also represented the best result on record for the monthof November. Sales through the first eleven months of 2015amounted to 96,401."Not only did we see a record sales result for November, butwith one month left to go in 2015, we have already set a newcalendar year record for home sales in the TREB market area,eclipsing the previous record set in 2007. Sales were up on ayear-over-year basis for all major home types, both in the Cityof Toronto and surrounding regions. This suggests that thedemand for ownership housing is widespread, from first-timebuyers to long-time homeowners across the GTA," said Mr.McLean.

The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) Composite Benchmark wasup by 10.3 per cent year over year in November. The averageselling price for all transactions was also up by a similarannual rate of 9.6 per cent to $632,685. Annual rates of averageprice growth for November and the first eleven months of 2015were similar, with the strongest rates of increase being re-por ted for low-rise home types, including detached and semi-detached houses and townhouses."Demand for ownership housing has remained strong in the GTAthroughout 2015, with sales generally increasing at a greaterannual rate compared to new listings. This means that compe-tition between buyers has strengthened in manyneighbourhoods in the City of Toronto and surrounding regions.The end result has been upward pressure on home prices wellabove the rate of inflation in most cases," said Jason Mercer,TREB's Director of Market Analysis.

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VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL: LOVE BIRDS 2016BREATHTAKING PERFORMANCES BY VIKAS KHANNA,

KATE TODD AND SHYAMALA RAMTORONTO - Toronto's biggest Valentine extravaganza is here!Presented by TK Connections and San Souci, LOVE BIRDS 2016 is acomplete package will enter tain, fascinate and captivate theaudiences leaving them spellbound and wanting for more.Packed with emotional and power ful per formances by renownedworld ar tists including Vikas Khanna, Kate Todd, ShyamalaRam and the R&B United. However, the highlight of the eveningwill be the LOVE BIRDS 2016 dance competition where fiveduos will go neck to neck in an effor t to win the grand cashprize of $1500 CAD and the title of Toronto's superstar danceduo. One of the top five finalists will also get the exclusiveoppor tunity to work in a music video of an upcoming ar tist.Tabi Moazzam, Executive Director of TK Connections says, "Ourattempt with Love Birds 2016 is to create the magic of love onthat day. For every person who will be a part of Love Birds 2016,either as a participant or as an audience, we want them to feel thepresence and power of love in their lives and around them."The competition will be judged via a series of LIVE auditions.

The first set of auditions to narrow down the competition will beheld on December 19 at 2244 Drew Road, Unit #6 inMississauga. Ten semi-finalists to be selected will then uploadtheir videos on YouTube on January 4, 2016. Five finalists to beselected through an online Viewers Choice Poll, will then go onto compete for the coveted title on February 5, 2016 with thewinning team awarded a cash prize and gif ts. The Toronto finalswill take place on February 5, 2016 at Verdi Banquet Hall, 3550Derry Rd E, Mississauga in front of an audience of over 500people.EVENT DETAILS:November 9 - December 15, 2015: RegistrationsDecember 19, 2015: AuditionsJanuary 4, 2016: Videos uploaded on YouTube / Viewer's ChoiceAudience Poll beginsJanuary 18, 2016: Announcing the finalistsFebruary 5, 2016: Finals held at Verdi Banquet Hall, 3550 Derry RdE, Mississauga

CONTROL YOUR BP WITHYOUR SMARTPHONELONDON, (IANS) Scientists have developed an interactiveweb system that, along with your smar tphone, canefficiently control your blood pressure. The par ticipantsin the study lowered their blood pressure and were betterable to understand how their lifestyle affects their bloodpressure.They also actively par ticipated in follow-up discussions,said the researchers from University of Gothenburg. "Theresult showed statistical and clinical significance inlowering blood pressure between the first and last weeksof the study," said Ulrika Bengtsson, PhD student at theSahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University.Systolic blood pressure (top reading) was lowered byseven mmHg on average and diastolic blood pressure(bottom reading) by 4.9 mmHg. The reduction generallyoccurred during the first weeks and then stabilised. "Theblood pressure reduction trend was fairly similar,regardless of the initial blood pressure level, bloodpressure dropped," Bengtsson added. In her thesis,Bengtsson developed and evaluated an interactivesystem for persons living with high blood pressure that,with the help of their own mobile phone, can be used to self-manage the high blood pressure on a daily basis.

New technology forenvironment-friendly carsTOKYO, (IANS) A 'clever' new technology from researchersat Hiroshima University can help engineers develop safe,lightweight and environment-friendly cars that emit lesscarbon dioxide. Dr Komgrit Lawanwong and colleagues haveengineered some subtle refinements to metal formingtechniques that allowed them to prevent a difficult problemcalled "springback".High-strength steel is widely used in automotive compo-nents to help them withstand impacts without increasingtheir body weight. This has potential environmental benefitsas lightweight cars burn less fuel and, therefore, have loweremissions. The most serious problem in the press-formingof these steel sheets is their extremely large 'springback' --which is the tendency of a metal to return to its originalshape after compression or stretching.A simple example of springback is the small gap that willremain if you fold a metal sheet in the middle with yourfingers and then release it. "The problems become par ticu-larly acute when high-strength materials are used so a newtechnique to eliminate springback is urgently needed in thestamping industry," said Dr Komgrit. The new methoddelivered the best result for the springback angle -- almostzero -- together with a flat bottom. "This method is a usefulway to eliminate the springback of high-strength steel inpress forming," the authors noted in the Journal of MaterialsProcessing Technology.

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WEIGHT LOSS CAN PROTECT KNEESSUNIL SHETTY BEING HONORED BY SGPC MEMBERS AT GOLDEN TEMPLE IN AMRITSAR (IANS).

NEW YORK, (IANS) Obese people who lose asubstantial amount of weight can significantly slowthe degeneration of their knee car tilage, according toa new study. Obesity is a major risk factor for osteoar-thritis, a degenerative joint disease. "Degenerativejoint disease is a major cause of pain and disabilityin our population, and obesity is a significant riskfactor," said the study's lead author AlexandraGersing from University of California-SanFrancisco. Gersing and colleagues investigatedthe association between different degrees ofweight loss and the progression of knee car ti-lage degeneration in 506 overweight and obesepatients. The patients either had mild to moder-ate osteoar thritis or risk factors for the disease.They were divided into three groups: a controlgroup who did not lose weight, a second groupwho lost a little weight, and a third group who lost

more than 10 per cent of their body weight.When the researchers analysed differences in the quality ofcar tilage among the three groups over a four-year timespan, they found evidence that weight loss has a protective

effect against car tilage degeneration and that a largeramount of weight loss is more beneficial. "Car tilagedegenerated a lot slower in the group that lost morethan 10 per cent of their body weight, especially inthe weight-bearing regions of the knee," Gersingsaid.However, those with five to 10 per cent weight losshad almost no difference in car tilage degenerationcompared to those who did not lose weight, the studyfound. "Substantial weight loss not only slows kneejoint degeneration, it also reduces the risk of develop-ing osteoar thritis," Gersing said. The study waspresented at the annual meeting of the RadiologicalSociety of Nor th America (RSNA).

CONTACT WITH NATUREENHANCES SOCIAL BONDINGLONDON, (IANS) Human exposure to nature is linked to safercommunities with better social and community interac-tions, says a new study. Numerous studies have demon-strated the benefits of contact with nature for human well-being. However, little is known about the social conse-quences of such contact.An international, interdisciplinary team used nationallyrepresentative data from Britain to examine the relation-ships between objective measures and self-repor tedassessments of contact with nature, community cohesionand local crime incidence. The authors found that people'sexperiences of local nature could explain eight per centvariance in survey responses about perceptions ofcommunity cohesion.They said this was "a striking finding given that individualpredictors such as income, gender, age, and educationtogether accounted for only three per cent" of the vari-ance. The relationship with crime was similarly striking.According to the study results, objective measures of theamount of green space or farmland accessible in people'sneighbourhoods accounted for four per cent additionalvariance in crime rates.

HEART PATIENT? CUT DOWNON SITTING TIMETORONTO, (IANS) If you are suffering from ailments relatedto the hear t, make it a point to get up and move every half anhour as researchers have found that patients with hear tdisease who sit a lot have worse health even if they exercise."Limiting the amount of time we spend sitting may be asimpor tant as the amount we exercise," said study leadauthor Stephanie Prince from University of Ottawa inCanada."Sitting, watching TV, working at a computer and drivingin a car are all sedentary behaviours and we need to takebreaks from them," Prince explained. Previous researchhas shown that being sedentary increases the risk ofcardiovascular disease but until now its effect on patientswith established hear t disease was unknown. The currentstudy investigated levels of sedentary behaviour and theeffect on health in 278 patients with coronary ar terydisease.The patients had been through a cardiac rehabilitationprogramme which taught them how to improve theirlevels of exercise in the long term. Patients wore anactivity monitor during their waking hours for nine days.The monitors allowed the researchers to measure howlong patients spent being sedentary, or doing light,moderate or vigorous levels of physical activity.



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WINTER-PROOF YOUR HAIRSANDHYA SHETTY AT THE LAUNCH OF LIBRA LEGENDS MASTERS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (MCL) TEAM IN MUMBAI (IANS).

HOMELY REMEDIES TOTACKLE PSORIASISNEW DELHI, (IANS) Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin dis-ease, can be easily deal with by homegrown solutions. Psoria-sis, which usually appears in red patches anywhere on the skin,par ticularly the knees, the elbow, the lower back and scalphappens due to several factors such as environment, genetics and theimmune system.Here are some home remedies suggested by Dr. Navin Taneja, direc-tor of the National Skin Centre that will help tackle the skin disease.Oatmeal bath: Oats are considered one of nature's finest skin soothers.Oatmeal is loaded with vitamins and minerals which are excellent fornourishing and healing damaged skin. It is also an effective way torelieve itching, redness and irritation.Dead Sea salts: Add Dead Sea salts to lukewarm water. This helps toremove scales and eases itching. Do not forget to apply moisturizeronce you are done with your bathing.Get gaudy: Plan a weekly diet; pick a handful of fruits and veggies ofevery colour. This will ensure that your body is getting a good assort-ment of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants which are needed to healsmashed skin and will put off future flare-ups.Avoid dyes and aromas: Purchase only all-natural products orthose labelled 'sensitive skin' and completely read the labelbefore applying any new product.Banana peel: Banana peel will soothe your skin and removerashes. Rub the inner area of the peel on your lesions.Baking Soda and water: Mix one tablespoon of baking soda andfour teaspoons of water. Apply this with cotton or cloth to theaffected area. Leave it on until it dries and falls off.

Spoonful of sugar before longrunning kills fatigueLONDON, (IANS) If you are a long-distance runner and feel"marathon fatigue" quite often, try a spoonful of sugar first andhit the ground running like never before. According to research-ers, stirring in table sugar from the baking cupboard into awater bottle before a big physical event could be the difference be-tween success and failure.This helps stave off tiredness faced by weary marathon runners - orother long-distance athletes - when they hit the wall, said the teamfrom University of Bath in Britain. Both sucrose - in the form of tablesugar - and glucose are important carbohydrates often referred to as"simple sugars". It appears combining different sources of sugarsimproves the rate at which we can absorb these from the gut.Although many sports-performance drinks designed to provide en-ergy during exercise now use sucrose, or mixtures of glucose andfructose, many still rely on glucose alone. The researchers warn thatsuch glucose-only drinks could produce gut discomfor t andsuggest sucrose-based alternatives, or sugar in water, canhelp make exercise easier. The carbohydrate stores in our liverare vitally impor tant when it comes to endurance exercise asthey help us to maintain a stable blood sugar level.

NEW DELHI, (IANS) From frizzy hair to split-ends, winter can getharsh on your hair. Keep hot water away from it and opt for safestyling methods to let your hair stay healthy even when the tempera-ture takes a dip. Daniel Bauer, TRESemmé's official hair expert, sug-gests ways to combat winter dryness:* Keep hair washing to a minimum: There has never been a definedanswer to how often one should wash their hair as it all depends onyour hair type and styling choices. But washing your hair too often inthe winters will remove the natural oils secreted by your hair, leavingthem dry and prone to breakage. So make sure you don't wash yourhair too often. Also, it's best to use products that tame frizz.* Conditioning is the key: So many people deal with rough hair due tothe sudden weather change mixed with harsh winter winds. A goodconditioner will lock in all the moisture in to your hair and keep itclean and nourished. A good tip is to not rinse out to your conditionercompletely if you have thick hair. For people with fine hair, you shouldjust leave in a little bit of conditioner on the tips.* Say no to hot water showers: A 30-minute-long hotshower may feel great on a cold winter morning,but it will most definitely strip your hair of allmoisture. Instead, wash your hair withlukewarm water and finish off with coldwater right at the end. This will help closeand seal the hair cuticles.* Safe styling: Since your hair is already

prone to some damage in winters, ensure all other processes aresmooth and hassle-free. Use a strengthening shampoo that nourishesthe hair and forms a protective shield, allowing it to withstand thepotential damage due to heatstyling tools and frequentbrushing. Opt for loosestyles such as fishtailbraids or a messybun that are winter-friendly and can beeasily created athome.



GLOBAL DIET IS GETTING SWEETERIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: LANCET

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WASHINGTON, (IANS) The global diet is getting sweeter particularlywhen it comes to beverages, says an international team of researchers,warning that added sugars of all kinds are increasing rapidly in the dietsof people living in developing countries.On the contrary, many high-income countries despite being among thehighest sugar consumers are beginning to see a slight decline in sugarconsumption. "Sugar consumption is rising fastest in low and middle-income countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the MiddleEast, Asia and Oceania," the authors wrote in The Lancet Diabetes &Endocrinology journal."The four regions with the current highest consumption are Latin America,North America, Australasia and Western Europe, though intakes are be-ginning to decline in the latter three," they noted. Previous research hasshown that consuming foods and beverages with added caloric sweeten-ers is linked to an increased risk of weight gain, heart disease, diabetesand stroke.

"The added sugar comes from hundreds of different versions of sugar, allof which have the same equal health effect," said professor Barry MPopkin from the University of North Carolina. He cautions that in theabsence of intervention, the rest of the world will move towards a similarpervasiveness of added sugars in the entire packaged food and beveragesupply.After analysing nutritional datasets from around the world, the authorsfound that trends in sales of sugar-sweetened beverages around theworld are increasing in terms of calories sold per person per day andvolume sold per person per day. Because of the major health risks asso-ciated with added caloric sweetener consumption, the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) is promoting major initiatives to reduce the intake.Many governments have already implemented policies with this goal,including taxation, reduction of availability in schools, restrictions onmarketing of sugary foods to children, public awareness campaigns andfront-of-pack labelling.

DAD'S DIET KEY TOWELLBEING OF OFFSPRINGMELBOURNE, (IANS) The kind of food your father relished mayhave a direct impact on your health and overall wellbeing, ac-cording to new research. A dad's diet before they conceivecould be genetically passed onto the children, with a subse-quent impact on those childrens' mental health, the team fromMelbourne-based RMIT University repor ted.While mothers' diet and impact on children has been widelyresearched, this is believed to be the first time the behaviouraland hormonal effects of the male diet on offspring has beenstudied. During the study, lead researcher and professor Anto-nio Paolini allowed male rats to eat abundant amounts of foodand compared them to those with access to 25 per cent fewercalories in their diet."Even though the fathers had no contact with their offspring andthe mother's behaviour remained relatively unchanged, the off-spring of the food-limited rats were lighter, ate less and showedless evidence of anxiety," he noted. The differences appearedto be 'epigenetic', meaning the younger rats' genes functioneddifferently as a result of their fathers' experience.

How marijuana use leads tosevere mental disorderNEW YORK, (IANS) Cannabis or marijuana use increases neu-ral noise in the brain, leading to a severe mental disorder inwhich thought and emotions are so impaired that contact islost with external reality, says an Indian-origin researcher.The team from Yale University found that a primary active constitu-ent of cannabis induces transient psychosis-like effects in healthyparticipants similar to those observed in schizophrenia. "At dosesroughly equivalent to half or a single joint, the compound called '?9-THC' produced psychosis-like effects and increased neural noise inhumans," explained senior author Dr Deepak Cyril D'Souza, profes-sor of psychiatry. The findings suggest that increased neural noisemay play a role in the psychosis-like effects of cannabis. The inves-tigators studied the effects of "?9-THC" on electrical brain activity in24 human subjects who participated in a three-day study. If con-firmed, the link between neural noise and psychosis could shed light onthe biology of some of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia."This interesting study suggests a commonality between the effects onthe brain of the major active ingredient in marijuana and symp-toms of schizophrenia," stated Dr John Krystal, editor of thejournal Biological Psychiatry that published the paper.



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TORONTO - Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation has kicked off its 27th Dragon Ball at theMedia Launch at the BMO Institute for Learning. Dragon Ball is one of the most anticipated andhigh-profile Chinese New Year celebrations in Canada. The 27th Dragon Ball, presented by BMOFinancial Group, will be held next year on Saturday, February 6, 2016, at the Metro Toronto ConventionCentre, North Building.This signature gala of Yee Hong is expected to be attended by over 1,000 guests, including political,business and community leaders. At the Launch this morning, Dr Joseph Wong, Yee Hong Founder andFoundation Chair, said, "Entering into its 27th year, I am still very excited about the Dragon Ball that broughtour donors, volunteers and supporters all together every year to help Yee Hong raise the much needed fundsso that we could continue to provide the best care to our seniors."The funds raised will support Yee Hong's high quality, culturally-appropriate care for seniors of different ethnicbackgrounds in the Greater Toronto Area. Yee Hong helps seniors lead dignified, independent and fulfilling livesthrough the four long-term care homes in Scarborough, Markham and Mississauga, senior housing and a range ofcommunity programs and services, fulfilling 200,000 service requests every year.As a Chinese New Year celebration ushering in the Year of the Monkey, the gala will feature oneof the most popular classical Chinese legends, "Journey to the West" (Monkey King), on stage.The per formance showcases a spectacular collaboration of dance and mar tial ar ts with colour fulchoreography, costumes, and music composition, per formed by the talented ar tists from the

Chinese Collective Ar ts Association.Stephen Siu, President of Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation, described the gala high-lights at the Launch Ceremony. "Dragon Ball is more than just a fundraising gala, our guests willbe fully immersed in Chinese culture and New Year festivities." The event will also feature aChinese folk dance, entitled 'Qing HuaCi' (Blue-and-White Porcelain). A mini Chinese shadowpuppet show will be held during the reception.Dragon Ball will also offer their guests a wide variety of food and drink choices at the pre-dinnerreception. Macallan Whiskey will be setting up a tasting bar at Dragon Ball 2016. The new fooditems will include the popular Japanese cheesecakes from Uncle Tetsu, seared scallops andTar tar beef from Carmen's Steakhouse, pastries from Bake Code, and specialty tea from Chatimeand more. To tie in with the story that the Monkey King "Stealing the Peaches of Immor tality",Crown Jewel will produce a huge peach with many small dim sum peaches inside.Dr Wong expressed his sincere thanks to sponsors and suppor ters. "It is your unwaveringsuppor t to the Dragon Ball that allows us to continue our mission to provide high quality andculturally appropriate care to our seniors." The Dragon Ball raises approximately $1 million forYee Hong each year through corporate sponsorships, gala and raffle ticket sales, and auctions.Dragon Ball benefactor tickets are priced at $600 each; suppor ter tickets are priced at $480.Please visit www.yeehongdragonball.org for fur ther information.

ED LEGZDINS, SENIOR VICE PRESENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL, AT BMO (CENTRE); VIVIEN YUNG, REGIONAL VP PERSONAL BANKING AT BMO( 8THFROM LEFT); DR JOSEPH WONG,YEE HONG FOUNDER AND FOUNDATION CHAIR (FRONT ROW LEFT); STEPHEN SIU, PRESIDENT OF YEE HONG COMMUNITY WELLNESS FOUNDATION (FRONT ROW RIGHT);ERIC HONG, CEO OF YEE HONGCENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE (10TH FROM LEFT) AND SOME OF THE DRAGON BALL 2016 SPONSORS.

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