Canada’s new Food Guide is a welcome update. Gone are the recommendations around serving sizes and portions. Instead, a simple picture of what a healthy meal looks like is provided. The new guide touts a more plant-based diet with a focus on three components, fruits and vegetables (50%), protein (25%),… Continue reading
Letter to the Editor On behalf of the Millbrook and Area Garden Club, thank you for your article in the last edition (Find Local Expertise at the Millbrook Garden Club, January 2019). Your help in getting our name out to the gardening public is much appreciated. One correction though: our… Continue reading
Not everyone is celebrating the legalization of cannabis for recreational use. Peterborough Public Health is presenting their concerns to the areas they serve to ensure elected representatives are equipped with the facts from a public health perspective. The presentation led by Sarah Cullingham, Health Promoter from Public Health, began with… Continue reading
Now that we have collectively recharged our batteries over the holidays, it is time to refocus our efforts to address the number one health challenge that threatens the well being of our planet and all future generations: Climate Change. As 2019 dawns, we find ourselves living in a time of… Continue reading
The Kawartha Junior Beekeepers Program was established in 2017 and is a hands-on program for children aged 8 to 12 years who are interested in learning about beekeeping. The program follows the beekeepers’ year – from equipment preparation to honey harvesting. Each month, from February to October, the students learn… Continue reading
Happy New Year to everyone in Cavan-Monaghan! On the last Saturday of the old year I felt the need of a walk and so, in the late afternoon, I headed out to walk the Baxter Creek Trail from the Millbrook fairgrounds to Medd’s Mountain Park. It was a frigid but… Continue reading
A few weeks ago, Centennial Place held a celebration to acknowledge the dedication to excellence of their Personal Support Workers. In early 2018, Centennial Place supported the training and development of two Personal Support Workers who became certified to provide Excellence in Resident-Centred Care training to fellow workers through the… Continue reading
You’ve probably seen youngsters who, when a present arrives, are more enthralled with the box than the toy it contains. Their imaginations are becoming unleashed, taking the children to places only they can imagine. Loose parts play environments follow the same principle. There are no instructions to follow and no… Continue reading
Most are aware that as of October 17 the non-medicinal use of cannabis will be legal in Canada. While the federal government has set some standards and has established the overarching framework for cannabis legalization, the regulation of retail sales systems has been left to individual provinces. Last month, the… Continue reading
