In theaters June 12 (I've already marked it in my calendar!)It's about time a film made it to the theaters that will actually show some of the realities of the so-called "food" being offered to us these days. True confession of a nutrition geek: I was actually giddy when I saw the trailer for the ...

Yesterday morning started like any other day, but at 10 am, my husband asked me whether I would be okay with going to Seattle to stay with his family for a week or two. It was unexpected, but I understood the reasoning behind the request. I'm not sure how many of you have heard the ...

Well, I've been called many things in my lifetime, but this is the first time anyone has ever referred to me as a parasite. Alright, so it wasn't direct, but I'm included in the group of parent's that Amanda Peet so lovingly referred to in a recent article in Cookie. Quite frankly, I barely know ...

I have two numbers for you today:0 and 470 being the number of medals that Canada currently has in these summer Olympics as I write this post, and 47th being our ranking among the participating nations. Ouch! I've heard that the reason we're doing so poorly is because so much money and effort are being ...

Written with a whole lot of help from my creative hubby, and much, much laughter (oh, the naughty things we joked about saying!)(A poet I'm not, but I just sort of thought that a poem might be the way, to share of my woes and wiggle my nose with disgust at this immoral fray.)There ...

I don't know what you're paying for gas right now, but yesterday I saw gas at a whopping $1.52 a litre! (For the Americans, that's $6.02 a gallon. Read it and weep.)Which brings me to a fascinating thing that my husband and I learned about last night. Did you know that the technology has been ...

There is a lot of bad news out there. Sometimes, being on the internet so much, I can tend to feel overwhelmed by all that I read and see. One site in particular has really been getting to me lately, with what I feel is a particularly negative, hopeless and humanistic approach. If I ...

Can you believe this? A pair of pajamas has just been recalled due to a violation of lead standards in the screen print on the shirt!!! It's appalling!This is the offending pair of pj's, made by Children's Place: Honestly, sometimes I just don't know what I can do to protect my kids. I can't buy all ...

I just received a phone call and an urgent email from my sister-in-law, regarding a bill called C-51 that is currently being pushed in Canadian parliament. Here is a brief explanation of what the bill is: A new law being pushed in Canada by Big Pharma seeks to outlaw up to 60 percent of natural health ...

I just had to bring attention to this article on Dr. Mercola's site, and his response to it. The issue of immunizations is one that has long concerned me. It was during my years as a therapist for young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder that I first became aware of the link between vaccinations and ...