A spicy phenomenon
By Karli Vezina It's been more than 20 years since the first Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) graced the counters of Starbucks shops in 2003 and...
top of page
Nostalgia, news, and info you can use
Managing an inheritance
By Karli Vezina Family discussions around inheritance can be tough. Depending on your family's cultural background, talk of inheritance...
Cooking wine
By Karli Vezina Do you have a favourite wine? You may want to stock up on it while you can because the future of agriculture could be in...
Ah, sugar sugar
By Karli Vezina If you've been working on cutting added sugar from your diet, kudos to you. For the rest of us, the struggle is real when...
Collectibles craze
By Karli Vezina One business that hasn't suffered but blossomed since the pandemic is the sports memorabilia industry. While arenas sat...
Cities and mental health
By Karli Vezina What does it feel like to live in a big city? That's what a team of University of Chicago researchers set out to study....
The new nomads
By Karli Vezina With the increase of people working from home, the ability to travel while working is becoming possible for many. In his...
The great debate
By Karli Vezina Baseball’s got a lot of rules, a lot of innings, and more than a couple of oddities. Just consider for a moment the...
Vegan in mind?
By Karli Vezina If you’ve made a conscious effort to have less meat, fish, dairy and eggs in your diet, you can call yourself a...
Full house
By Steve McCann Whether it’s by choice, because of COVID-19, cultural upbringing, or simply because it makes sense, more families are...
The science of swimming
By Steve McCann If you’ve been watching Penny Oleksiak tearing it up in Tokyo, you may be inspired to hit the pool and swim a few laps....
EV gives back to the grid
By Karli Vezina Do you have an electric vehicle? Are you maybe thinking about making the switch? A new advancement in electric battery...
Climate change in the suburbs
By Steve McCann What’s worse for the environment: suburbs or cities? Most people would say cities, and understandably so. Towering...
Anticipation is keeping me waiting
By Karli Vezina Nothing beats a summertime steak on the patio. Whether you like yours rare or crispy, there is always that painful wait...
A second serving of Bourdain
By Steve McCann In today's edition of Feasting Fridays we're taking a look at the new documentary ‘Roadrunner’, which explores the...
Please take a number
by Karli Vezina Do you feel like every time you step into a line, it's the wrong one? You're not alone! Let's talk about lining up. You...
BNPL
By Karli Vezina We’ve all been tempted at one time or another by the latest handbag or portable deep-fryer on the Home Shopping Network....
Home-ec comeback?
By Karli Vezina Kids these days. They don’t eat right, they can’t balance a chequebook, do they even know what a chequebook is? Some...
Holding spreadsheets to account
By Steve McCann Imagine for a moment you’ve made a mistake while filling out a spreadsheet. No biggie, human error happens all the time....
Let's get vertical
By Karli Vezina We’ve heard talk of food prices going up over the last five to ten years but now it seems that time is here and most of...
bottom of page