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Reclaiming our kids from the screens

Reclaiming our kids from the screens

Every parent needs to decide what is too much, based on the age of their kids and what behaviour they notice in their children. 
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hilde worth a try for salad lovers

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hilde worth a try for salad lovers

Hilde is a cool season lettuce best grown for spring and autumn harvesting, which means early sowing for spring harvesting and a midsummer to late summer sowing for fall and early winter harvesting.
Screen time unkind for the developing mind

Screen time unkind for the developing mind

Before we deal with our children’s screen addictions, we first have to take a good honest look at our own screen dependency. 
Garden to table: Turn your garden into a 'hot bed' when cold weather strikes

Garden to table: Turn your garden into a 'hot bed' when cold weather strikes

‘Hot bedding’ can give your garden a microbial head-start to the 2024 growing season
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Let the seed shopping begin

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Let the seed shopping begin

Seed game: Varieties new to the garden are compared with tried and true favourites.
Jobs in tourism and hospitality: free career program aims to support newcomers to B.C.

Jobs in tourism and hospitality: free career program aims to support newcomers to B.C.

Gateway to Tourism Hospitality Jobs for Newcomers offers fully funded training opportunities and tailored support to jobseekers and employers alike
Healing helps us find our purpose in life

Healing helps us find our purpose in life

To heal the haunting of guilt and shame, we need to forgive ourselves, but before we can forgive ourselves, we need to first understand why we made the negative choices in the first place.
Travel: The must-do in the desert just outside Dubai

Travel: The must-do in the desert just outside Dubai

The Red Sand Desert Safari is just one of the highlights of our five-day trip to Dubai – the skyscraper-crowded city where the desert meets the Arabian Gulf.
Looking for fresh family adventure vacation ideas? Squamish advisor has tips

Looking for fresh family adventure vacation ideas? Squamish advisor has tips

From thrilling activities to cultural immersion: Unlocking the best family far-flung vacations.
Garden to table: Thyme for wild caught trout and salmon

Garden to table: Thyme for wild caught trout and salmon

Breaking bread with a fireside feast in a Kootenays warming hut was how permaculturist Laura Marie Neubert spent Christmas Eve with her family