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Home-field advantage for Team Canada Tickets go on sale next month for CONCACAF’s women’s Olympic qualification tournament All games will be held at BC Place
Jill Pollack helps clients declutter their lives.
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‘GET RID OF THE GUILT OF WHAT YOU’RE KEEPING’ Jill Pollack is the host of Consumed, a one-hour lifestyle show on HGTV Canada debuting on Tuesday, where she gives tips to people for decluttering and organizing their lives. Metro spoke to Pollack about the show, her decluttering process and how a little OCD never hurt anyone. How did you become an organizational expert?
I used to be a TV producer and got involved in the reality game, which wasn’t professionally fulfilling anymore. I lived with an interior designer and went to clean out one of their clients’ house. That’s how it all started — I loved having systems for everything. I’m putting a little OCD to use in a positive way. What is the best tip you would give to people to declutter their lives?
The one thing I tell people is to get rid of the guilt of what you’re keeping.... People need to realize that being organized and getting rid of clutter is like being fit. You can’t just work out once a year and be in
shape — you have to do it all the time. How does the format of the show work?
We pack up all stuff in moving trucks and keep it in the warehouse for 30 days. The family gets to keep all essentials, and then 10 non-essential items. We then do a makeover where we paint, get new furniture, and create spaces. We did a three-month check-in after each show and have found that relationships and health improved. How did you find these people?
We sent out queries, newspapers, on the radio. We also went to swap meets — you can always find a good clutter bug there!
TERRIS SCHNEIDER
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Got the soccer bug after watching the FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer? Then get your fill in person as the best teams in North America battle for a spot in the 2012 Games during CONCACAF’s Olympic qualification tournament at B.C. Place in January. “We are proud to have this event in Vancouver,” said Peter Montopoli, general secretary of the Canadian Soccer Association, on Thursday while announcing ticketing plans. “It will be an accessible and affordable family experience.” The tournament runs Jan. 19 to 29 and will feature eight participating teams: Canada, the United States, Mexico, three teams from the Caribbean and two from Central America.
What can we expect to see in the first episode?
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You get to see how the experiment works. It really is shock therapy. I have this thing I called the 10-garbage-bag challenge. I think every home ... has at least 10 garbage bags full of stuff. Except my house has two. TERRIS SCHNEIDER
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Soccer fans in the city will also get more bang for their buck on Saturday. Vancouver Whitecaps fans attending the 4 p.m. match at Empire Field can use their ticket for free entry to the PNE before or after the game.
Burnaby’s Christine Sinclair, left, and the rest of Team Canada are hoping a hometown crowd will help the national team qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Ticket packages for all 15 matches start at $69 and go on sale Sept. 9. Individual tickets are scheduled to go on sale in October, after the tournament draw.
This will be the Canadian women’s national team’s third appearance in the Olympic-qualifier tournament. They previously qualified for the 2008 Summer
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