October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It’s the six-letter word that strikes terror into the heart.  It’s time to shed some light on some of the current statistics on breast cancer, which is the most common cancer faced by women in Canada.  Today 85% of people diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the… Continue reading

Millbrook Community Care Delivers With Our Support

Community Care is an organization developed to support the health and well-being of seniors and adults with physical challenges live independently in their home. t provides a wide range of services to help them maintain their independence and dignity.  The Millbrook branch of Community Care operates under the umbrella of… Continue reading

Canine Volunteers Deliver Affection and Stress Relief at Centennial Place

Does your dog love pats from anyone, or is it discriminating about whose hand strokes its head? Affectionate canine therapists from East Central Therapy Dogs have been visiting hospital wards, long term care homes and VON Day Centres in Peterborough, Lakefield and Millbrook since 2002.  The 48 (human) volunteers in… Continue reading

Local Reiki Studio Offers Alternative Route to a Healthier Mind and Body

As the daughter of an evangelical minister, Patti Dell’Osso is well acquainted with the concept of faith. She practices it in her daily life, just not in the way she was taught as a child.  Through her Reiki practise, she has found a spirituality that is calming and healing and… Continue reading

Coming Soon: Millbrook Village Apothecary

In a few weeks there will be a new source of health conscious products and support in town as Millbrook Village Apothecary opens its doors on King Street in Millbrook.  This will be the second location for Brenda Tapp, ND, who also owns and operates the Peterborough Centre of Naturopathic… Continue reading

Friendship Force Provides Social Opportunities for Adults with Different Abilities

There were a few hiccups at the start, but late in April, three dedicated mothers launched a new program they call Friendship Force.  It is a social club for local individuals 18 and older who have different abilities.  They meet on Tuesday afternoons from noon until 4pm in the Studio… Continue reading

Partners Offer Help for Healthy Hearing

Audiologist Judy Keith and her partner Stephen Ward operate two EarSense locations where they help their customers keep connected by supporting their hearing health. The original location is in East City, and last fall they opened a location at 999 Landsdowne St. West at the Parkway.  Both are easily accessible… Continue reading