Ignorance is not bliss
June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, and there are people who will immediately see that and frown. There are so many negative...
Need-to-Knows about life insurance and your business
by Deron Givoque
Let’s face it. Life insurance is not a desirable topic of conversation. This is because it can be expensive, and it only...
The Food Corner
by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
In 2022, we provided you with a recipe for Irish Boxty to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Today's recipe proves...
Stop the spread of invasive species
Nature Conservancy of Canada
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) hopes people are enjoying the outdoors and connecting with nature this summer, but at...
The many benefits to using a travel agent
In the age of online booking platforms and do-it-yourself travel arrangements, the role of travel agents may seem diminished to some. However, there are...
Tips for packing a healthy school lunch
submitted by: Danielle Labonté RD, Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit
Children spend about 40% of their waking hours at school, so the meals...
Space oddity
Dublin, in fact all of Ireland, is suffering from the second heatwave in a month. So, as I strolled happily down the street one...
September is World Alzheimer’s Month
September is “World Alzheimer’s Month” and I wish they would stop using the word Azheimer’s when the better word is Dementia. I hope to...
Why visit Dementia patients after the memory is gone
by David Herman
This is the fourth in my series of articles on Dementia to go along with my observance of World Alzheimer’s (Dementia) Month....
The Upside-down Bird
by John Baldwin
We’ve got a cheeky little bird, who visits us,
And always causes people to puzzle and to frown,
Because he doesn’t know which side...