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EDITORIAL: He’s back…we wish he weren’t
We thought it might be overdoing in publish our Ford caricature criticizing the Ford government ineptness. So we removed it. We were wrong. This provincial government is setting high(?), low marks for ineptness, incompetence and incapability. We cannot remove them … Continue reading
Aging well together: MAY 2021 newsletter
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GARLIC: 4 benefits that will blow you away
The Greeks ate it every whichaway, as a basis to foods as well as dish enhancements, on bread, in condiments, in salads. Roman armies ate it daily in soups, with boiled barley to ward of illnesses, and maybe enemy soldiers … Continue reading
Ya gotta find a laff here
Can February March?No, But April May! Did you hear about the painter who was hospitalized?Reports say it was due to too many strokes! Have you heard the joke about the butter?I better not tell you, it might spread! How do … Continue reading
10 morning habits that help you lose weight
Eating a proper breakfast may be your first step to successful weight loss. Eat a High-Protein Breakfast Share on Pinterest There’s a good reason breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day. What you eat for breakfast can … Continue reading
Highway of Tears, By Jessica McDiarmid
A searing account of the missing, and murdered, Indigenous women of Highway 16, and an indictment of the society that failed them. SynopsisFor decades, Indigenous women have gone missing or been found murdered, along an isolated stretch of highway in … Continue reading
How to Avoid A Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, By Bill Gates
In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical – and accessible – plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. SynopsisBill Gates has spent a … Continue reading
Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and Planet in Crisis, by Greta Thunberg, Malena Ernman, Beata Ernman & Svante Thunberg
“An extraordinary account of how one family rose, with unshakable moral clarity, to the tremendous responsibility of being alive at the moment when our immediate collective decisions will determine the fate of life on Earth. They share their story of … Continue reading
Personal Advocacy: One of my “Ah Ha” Moments
Some of you know that I have been fighting a 22 month long battle with a rare blood cancer and have received a bone marrow transplant in July, 2020. It will take two years to know whether it has all … Continue reading
Durham Ontario Health Team: Moving from Intentions to Action!
There has been much progress in the past few months with some limited but important start-up funding from the Ministry of Health. The Steering Committee, of which I am a member, has approved the following projects to begin our journey … Continue reading
COVID: The pandemic continues amid strong local action
There is really nothing to add to the constant dialogue, changes and cross-over between phase three and vaccination schedules as all of you are either aligning with someone to provide resources or, as patients and caregivers, are trying to find … Continue reading
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, by Sonia Purnell
The never-before-told story of one woman’s heroism that changed the course of the Second World War SynopsisThis spy was Virginia Hall, a young American woman–rejected from the foreign service because of her gender and her prosthetic leg–who talked her way … Continue reading