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She’s been coaching personally for six years, four in a corporate environment at a bank and two as a life coach at her business. Life coaching, popular on the west coast, has been growing in popularity in Ontario in recent years. She said life coaching can benefit people of all ages and looks toward the future and a myriad of things such A long way as fulfilling goals, mending relationships and basic life from home management skills, but doesn’t delve into the past. 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Platoon chief Rick Ingram said the fire occurred in the garbage chute area in the basement and firefighters dragged it outside and extin- News Advertiser • guished the fire. No evacuations were necessary, but he noted most people were already outside anyway. “The smoke that came from it came up quite a few floors and they had to ventilate,” Mr. Ingram said. No one was injured, but a superintendent was checked out and cleared for smoke inhalation. The damage is estimated to be about $5,000 and the cause is under investigation. KRISTEN CALIS / METROLAND PICKERING -- One person was taken to hospital following a collision at the intersection of Dixie and Glenanna roads on Thursday, Jan. 20. The driver was extracted from the car by Pickering firefight- ers on the scene. 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It’s important that people first For those who feel their life is in “auto- The library has a variety of free e-content for decide why it is they have a certain goal, pilot” mode, she suggested changing two reading and listening pleasure, and knowl- such as losing weight. things about their daily routines. Exam- edgeable library staff will offer free demon- “Make sure the reason is for themselves, ples could include driving a different route stration sessions on how to download ebooks not any other reason,” she said. to work, drinking a different kind of coffee, and audio ebooks. There are a variety of ses- Then, people should set daily, week- reading a book instead of a newspaper or sions based on the specific eReader model, ly and monthly goals.