Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s not just about having more doctors. It’s time we used all the skills that the wide variety of health workers have to offer
Tag: Rural Life
Justice reform can’t just be knee-jerk
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eliminating peremptory challenges during jury selection and restricting preliminary inquiries won’t necessarily improve the system
My fireplace just helped renew my faith in humanity
Reading Time: 3 minutes A household calamity, an accommodating retailer, some dirty and hard work, and a twofold payoff at the end
Moving on: nature migrates as winter closes in
Reading Time: 4 minutes On the Pacific coast, the fascinating fall movements of whales, salmon and sea ducks have begun
Ottawa’s tax changes could kill family farm
Reading Time: 4 minutes The federal government’s proposed changes to capital gains rules make it more difficult for a farm to stay in the family
The joyful Zen of a well-tended, bountiful garden
Reading Time: 3 minutes Having a garden has enriched our diet, our appreciation of the natural world, and our relationships with family, neighbours and guests
The lazy, hazy – and regenerating – days of summer
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our summers were a collage of friends, exploration, interaction, self-discovery. We were doing everything. Our kids deserve the same
‘The bloody ants are back!’
Reading Time: 4 minutes For me, the concept of ant-ridden food, ants in bed and ants all over the bathroom just doesn’t cut it
Curating kindness: the acts of humanity that inspire daily life
Reading Time: 4 minutes Amidst the turmoil, simple acts of kindness: feeding a homeless man, art classes for apartment kids, and Wood Camp with Steve
Creative class millennials revolutionize small-town life
Reading Time: 3 minutes Big cities were going to be nirvana for artists, designers and technology freaks. But high costs are leading them to happy lives in rural settings instead