Travel
What’s Your Road Trip?
Don’t we all have a favourite drive? Or perhaps a few places you would like to join together for a short or even a long road trip? For a few years, ours has been to […]
Month: July 2022
Finance
Your Bear Market Game Plan
How to thrive in an extended market downturn Well, it looks like the party is finally over. After decades of lower and lower interest rates, central banks around the world have determined that interest rates […]
Health
Colon and Rectal Cancer
The pandemic has caused a significant impact not just on our medical, diagnostic and surgical needs, but also on the preventive components of our medical care such as immunizations, annual health assessments and screening measures […]
RV Lifestyle
Summer 2022: The 11 Best Things to Do in Western Canada
Your Canada bucket list just got (a lot) longer… We could all use a break this summer. The last two summer travel seasons have been especially challenging for everyone − travellers, destinations and small businesses […]
Golf
The Dance of Golf
Golf Like Nobody is Watching As I ruminated on what to write about for this latest column, my daughter was in the midst of participating in her final string of dance competitions. While watching her […]
Longevity
Longevity and Caffeine
Ahh yes: caffeine. It’s one of the first things many of us have to start our day, in a cup of either coffee or tea. More than five million 60-kilogram bags of coffee are expected […]
Fitness
Partnered-up Activities
Now that life has returned to normal (for the most part), we can start seeking out the companionship of friends and family when enjoying different activities. Whether you love to stay moving and active, or […]
Travel
As Canada “Breaks Out”: A Strong Snowbird Season is Anticipated
After being fenced in by some of the most stringent − and confusing – border-crossing restrictions in the Western world for more than two years, Canadians have begun their great breakout by logging in more […]
Travel
Hidden Treasures
Where in the world will you find an impressive collection of Ukrainian Easter eggs, a Cold War memorabilia-filled four-storey bunker and the cast of a 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth? Answer: In Canada’s lesser-known museums. Although our […]
Gardening
Tomatoes for Travellers, Part Two
Now that you’re home for another Canadian summer, why not encourage the best that your garden can offer. Here are some tricks to making tomatoes sweeter, and flowers more abundant. Making tomato bliss One thing […]