Year: <span>2020</span>

I have broadened my horizons during the pandemic. For example, I am learning to cook. Maybe the word cook is a stretch, but let’s go with it and let you decide. I test my creations on Sandy. Here’s a typical breakfast I will make for Sandy. She likes her toast between not overdone and not...

I have spent almost three months in isolation. I have lived through a few viruses in my life and I know the best defence is to stay away from people and use common sense. I didn’t let anyone into my place, not even close relatives. If someone wanted to stop in to say hello, they...

When we moved to our current house, it was late summer and the garden was overgrown. The following spring, I discovered we had an abundant rhubarb crop in our side yard. Each year, this trusty plant returns with little care or support from me. I have never done much of anything with the plant. One...

Superfood means foods that are packed with a lot of nutrition into a small volume while containing a low number of calories. If you are looking to lose weight, increase your nutritional potential, or boost your immune system, here are the Superfoods that can be easily added to blended drinks, recipes, or taken in supplements...

A few months into the coronavirus crisis, we have learned and been reminded of so much important information about fitness after 50. If it helps to find a silver lining, I’ll share 10 things that have come up or that I’ve been reminded of since all this started – and hopefully help you to draw...

Naturopathic Medicine combines modern medicine with natural therapies to address the ROOT CAUSE of illness, with a heavy focus on PREVENTATIVE medicine, IMMUNE HEALTH and on BUILDING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. Choice Nutrition was founded in 1993 and has since grown into one of Saskatchewan’s most established and successful providers in the Natural Health care field. Educating...

Carl Reiner, a Hollywood icon as a producer, writer, comedian and actor, died last week at age 98. This isn’t relevant news in our part of the world, but I found it interesting that he tweeted right up until the end of his life. Among his last tweets was this one: “Nothing pleases me more...

Emile Francis once shared the thought that during the years from 1948 into the 1960s, “it was the best baseball they ever had on the Canadian Prairies. Major league scouts often told us we were playing the equivalent of what was Double-A in the United States.” Francis knew. He played and managed the North Battleford...

If spending additional time in the comfort of your home has you rethinking the family menu and looking for new ways to enjoy nutritional meals, rest assured you can make better-for-you food choices without losing mouthwatering taste. Easy, efficient at-home recipes like Thai Coconut Lime Freezer Chicken, Burrito Beef and Cauli Mac and Cheese can...

You don’t have to look any farther than the back yard to find a reason to be fit after 50. Gardening is a great hobby for people at any stage of life – and there’s no reason to give it up or avoid it just because of age. But make no mistake, gardening can be...