Tag - Jan/Feb 2022

Summer fresh flavors can warm-up winter grazing

Look no further than your grocery store to let family owned Canadian company Summer Fresh bring the sunny goodness of fragrant orchards and verdant gardens and farms back into your life when winter’s dreariness begins to get you down. It’s not only good for your spirit but also beneficial for your health. With over 85 products...

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The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide To Growing Organic Food

Carolyn Herriot Harbour Publishing Most city dwellers don’t understand where their food comes from or the environmental and health impacts of processed and packaged food. To pacify her concerns about where healthy food would come from in the future, Carolyn Herriot, an author, speaker, workshop leader on organic gardening...

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My Stroke Of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. Viking Adult In My Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery, and the sense of omniscient understanding she gained from this unusual and inspiring voyage out of the abyss of a wounded brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed...

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Colour Trends for 2022

Lifescape By Janet Armstrong, Accredited Interior Designer, CAPS Certified Fresh inspiration for your special spaces As we look toward 2022 with new plans and goals, paint companies have identified colours of the year that deliver renewed hope and optimism and create calm, relaxed spaces. In addition to a specific colour, each...

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News and adventure to expand your horizons

Travel Bug By Susan Campbell Embrace the beauty of the ‘brrrrr’ Though some Canadians often set their sights south during the colder months, others are hard-core fans of frozen tundra adventures all year round. That’s why The Polar Adventure Company specializes in catering only to those seeking bucket-list adventures from the...

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Precision Pruning

In the Garden By Mary Crawford Plan now to be ready for spring It’s deep into winter, snow covers the earth, and seed catalogues are landing on the doorstep, but gardening still feels so far off. What to do? Here’s a thought—get ready to prune! Those winter-bare branches offer a golden opportunity to do any necessary pruning as...

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Scottish Heritage in Eastern Ontario

Off the Beaten Path By Madeline Kallio Glengarry North enchants the history buff and day traveller alike Well before the Highland Clearances, the founding settlers of Glengarry County came from the Western Highlands in 1773 to the estates of Sir William Johnson of New York and were displaced by the ravages of the Revolutionary...

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Rick Mercer

By Jennifer Hartley Rick Mercer is a master at warming our hearts and giving Canadians what we want to hear Richard Vincent Mercer is one of this country’s funniest people and without question he is a national gem. His ability to entertain and make us laugh until our insides ache and his love of all things Canadian are, without...

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Flexible storage for your valuables

FlexSafe is an ingenious portable vault for your valuables that can make your holiday on the beach or by the pool much less stressful. It’s also handy for keeping your phone and wallet and other things secure when participating in outdoor activities where there’s no locker or safe. Only you know the combination, and it’s made...

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