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The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) has donated $50,000 to Hope’s Home Inclusive Meal Program, which provides nutritious snacks and lunches to 360 children daily. As the only medically inclusive child care centre in Canada, Hope’s Home provides care where kids with complex medical and typical needs learn, grow, and thrive. With on-site nurses that...

Tannis Nicholson spent just 36 hours with her dying husband, Graham, at the Hospice at Glengarda. But the experience was so positive and profound, she decided to support the hospice with the proceeds from a golf tournament honouring her husband’s memory. Last year, the first event netted $50,664.50 for the hospice’s Comfort Care Fund. The...

The popular children’s show Nanalan’ is teaming up with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) to highlight the power of compassion. The partnership comes in time for CMHA’s 73rd Mental Health Week (May 6-12). This year’s theme is healing through compassion. With Canadians facing worrying levels of stress, anxiety, and loneliness heightened by social inequality,...

Maca is the root of a plant that grows in high elevations of the Andes Mountains. This root contains amino acids and some compounds unique to the maca plant. It is a natural remedy that can be used to treat certain health issues, including infertility and low sex drive. There is a range of potential...

“Why shoot a mouse with an elephant gun?” It’s a good question to ask those suffering from osteoarthritis (the wear-and-tear type of arthritis). Why is it that so many of these people have never been advised to try natural approaches before using strong drugs which can cause major side effects and complications? VITAMIN C This...

Stress is a killer, but we’re not helpless against it. Regular physical exercise is one of the top defenses we have, no matter what age we are. In the first half of life, stress might be mostly related to finding a job or partner, raising kids and money. But after 50 or so, we might...

One of the most exciting breakthroughs in the medical world announced in 2023 was the massive research going on to use vaccines to treat cancer. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from Sloan Kettering in New York reported on a Phase I study using an mRNA vaccine and an immunotherapy drug, Atezolizumab, in 16 patients with pancreatic cancer...

THE GOOD: A So the federal government brought down a budget on April 16, right. Before anyone gets nervous, this mark does not apply to the entire budget. For example, I am not 100 per cent thrilled with the increase in capital gains tax. That will not just affect the rich. Think the sale of...

It is the last chance to get planning on what is going to happen in your garden or landscape this growing season, especially if you are going to be making any radical changes to your space. If you like to start your own seeds, you may have already ordered them or perhaps already are watching...

I love the change in seasons. For one reason, my laziness changes to different tasks. I can put away the snow shovel, which was barely used, and switch to my rake, which is unlikely to touch a blade of grass until October, when I rake leaves. (As an aside, I have a snow blower that...