The air we breathe has an impact on our health every day. In November, the Government of Canada observes Lung Cancer Awareness Month and National Radon Action Month to remind Canadians that both lifestyle choices and environmental factors can affect the health of our lungs. Many Canadians are [...]
Hospice Georgian Triangle Foundation our year-end campaign, the Wish List, takes on extra special meaning this year. Five years of providing exceptional palliative care at Campbell House has been made possible because of the generosity of our community. Over 820 patients and families have been [...]
This seems to be something that most of us struggle with from time to time. I have had a lot of patients this year with low energy levels. It could be due to a myriad of reasons but here are a few things that I tend to see in practice that can cause or contribute […]
November is such a cold, damp and dreary month. It is also the month that on the 11th we are to stop and remember all those who gave their lives for our freedom and indeed our lives. It is getting harder and harder to find veterans as they are all getting well on in years […]
Editor: The Ford government professes in their propaganda media pics that they will end “Hallway Healthcare,” but as I discovered recently they do not seem to be including rural communities in this promise. Last week, I was up at my cottage in the Haliburton area when I developed a minor [...]
Dear Money Lady: My husband and I love our neighborhood, but our home is really dated and too small for our growing family. We have been with the same bank for 12 years and recently tried to refinance our mortgage to consolidate debt and take out funds to start our reno. I was shocked by […]
Editor: Perhaps I should just let sleeping dogs lie because I know we are all pretty fed up with Village Green issues, arguments and debates. Perhaps I am a sucker for old movies, for nostalgia, and for Christmas, but when I was told our village Christmas tree was being taken out because it was [...]
The gathering of the descendants of the farm families on the 8th Concession was a happy occasion. I was happy be invited to gather stories. (Move marks last of original 8th Concession farmers, Echo, Oct. 25, 2019.) Today, I don’t have a story but a report of an old map published in the [...]
Determined not to be an experiment for the tobacco and vaping industry, local youth are spreading the word that vaping is not just harmless water vapour! “Nobody knows the long-term – or even some of the short-term – health effects of vaping,” says 15-year-old Lachlan Craig. “What we do know is [...]
It was a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend, something to savour and be thankful for. Yet for me it also felt somehow nostalgic, a moment soon to pass, filtered with news of Typhoon Hagibis wreaking havoc in Japan, a freak snow storm in Winnipeg, forest fires in California, all still somewhat [...]
