The first two winters of the pandemic provided ideal conditions for cross-country skiing: just the right amount of snow, and not much else to do. My husband and I went for a ski almost every morning. We’re fortunate to be able to ski right from our back door—across our yard and then on to our… Read more »
In 2020, it was estimated that close to 85% of Canadians owned a smartphone, and Canada’s big three telecom providers reported having a combined subscriber count of over 33 million subscribers. These statistics are a major positive as our economy looks to embrace the technology changes that are beginning to be brought about as a… Read more »
It’s been a while since I’ve done a kitchen gadget review. Buying pre-sliced meats for my stir-fries can be expensive. When I try to cut a whole beef shank or pepperoni by myself it becomes uneven. The meat cooks unevenly and thus parts of the meat are undercooked and others become overcooked. Now, imagine a… Read more »
Lay down and go to sleep! A phrase we may have heard when we were children, or said it ourselves to our own restless toddlers. “Lay down and go to sleep!” But wait, is that right? Or is it “Lie down and go to sleep”? I flatter myself that I have a good grasp of… Read more »
The latest Alberta budget came out not too long ago and if you dig through some of the documents, it becomes apparent, once again, that the primary job of Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides is not actually to support post-secondary education in the province, but rather to do what he can to convert higher education… Read more »
Recently I saw a sign that said, “Impossible is not fact. It’s an opinion.” I’m not sure if it was an advertisement for Impossible Burgers, but it was compelling. Anything terrific is possible. You can have true love, a happy family, peak health, spiritual enlightenment, a Ph.D., subject matter expertise, incredible talents, a highly successful… Read more »
Not that long ago, I had a conversation with a person from the gym while we were on the treadmill, and the loose nature of the conversation led the person I was talking with to mention how they thought of themselves as somewhat of a “pushover”, how they disliked “letting people walk all over them”,… Read more »
Why do so many people find it difficult to be direct with others? Why do so many people prefer to sugar-coat an explanation instead of acknowledging the realities of a situation? Does it have something to do with people being aghast in “cancel culture” hysteria? Or does it have something to do with the deterioration… Read more »
I moved to Canada in 2001 as a child. My parents came from Shanghai and immigrated here without fluent English-speaking skills. Early on we realized there were a few differences between the Chinese health care system and the Canadian one. Specifically, whereas in China we could see any specialist we would like without prior referral,… Read more »
