Tag - October 2021

Meet your new magic wand for cordless cleaning

Shark® Vertex™ DuoClean® PowerFins Lightweight Cordless Stick is the most exciting new must-have appliance for reaching those hard-to-clean places. It’s super versatile as it can easily reach high into corners, while its smart Multiflex design also allows it to bend and reach under those tight spaces on the ground where larger...

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Slip-on some cozy that cares

Here’s a great way to warm up your tootsies in a heartwarming way that gives back as well. NAUSENI seamless, 100 per cent wool felt slippers are British designed and handcrafted by Nepalese women seeking to make money from home to help their families. They are a socially conscious and sustainable brand created by a survivor of...

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Tune into hearing TV better

Though originally designed for people experiencing mild hearing loss, the ZVOX AV157 TV Speaker is helpful for anyone seeking to hear the dialogue on their favourite shows and movies more clearly. Patented AccuVoice and SuperVoice hearing aid technology, provides 12 levels of  dialogue clarification that filters the background...

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Keep the home fires burning wherever you go

Solo Stove, a leading designer of outdoor fire pits and camp stoves, has now created “the world’s most portable fire pit.” The Solo Stove Ranger weighs 15 pounds and is ideal for RV life or simply throwing in the trunk of your car for a beach day, a camping adventure, or an impromptu campfire in anyone’s backyard. Its signature...

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Off the Record — My Dispatches from the Front Lines and Back Rooms

Peter Mansbridge Simon & Schuster Canada As the voice and face of CBC television’s The National for more than half a century, Peter Mansbridge reported on all the major news stories in Canada and around the world. As chief correspondent, he interviewed most of the world’s leaders and many other key personalities. He was...

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Of Peats and Putts: A Whisky and Golf Tour of Scotland

Andrew Brown YouCaxton Publications In this book, one man returns to rediscover his native Scotland through its most famous exports: whisky and golf. He finds that both derive from what makes Scotland great—its land and its people—and that the very earth contributes to the essential ‘architecture’ of both. With an engaging and...

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Sound: A Memoir of Hearing Lost and Found

Bella Bathurst Grey Stone Books A profound, beautifully written exploration of sound by a young woman who lost her hearing, then regained it. In this surprising and moving book, award-winning writer Bella Bathurst shares the extraordinary true story of how she lost her hearing and eventually regained it and what she learned...

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Setting the Perfect Place for Giving Thanks

Lifescape By Janet Armstrong, Certified Interior Designer, CAPS PHOTO: SIMPLY SWANK DECOR Creating memories with fall table décor As cooler days appear and the fall schedule begins to take shape, many of you are transitioning the decor in your homes from cool, easy, light summer items to warmer, more textured, comfortable items...

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News and adventure to expand your horizons

Travel Bug By Susan Campbell A different kind of travel bubble  The protected pachyderms at Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Sanctuary and Resort in Thailand must get a big kick out of having the chance to observe humans in their natural habitat for a change when guests spend the night in these transparent suites on the edge...

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