OZY • 26th January 2023

New Year’s Resolutions Gone Bust? Here’s Help

Whether you planned get fit or get less screen time, there’s a good chance you’re already giving up on those goals. We've got you.

For many, January represents a blank slate, a new beginning. It’s the perfect time to make some promises to yourself and plot out your best year yet. Promises such as exercising more, eating healthier, losing weight, trying less screen time and saving more money are the most popular resolutions for 2023.

OZY • 25th January 2023

She Changed Her Life for the Better. Here’s How.

After loss, some people transform themselves in inspiring ways. What can we learn from their experiences? Music industry professional Isabel Sachs experienced job loss and the breakdown of her marriage during the pandemic. She also found a new passion. In the early days of COVID-19, she began to channel her energy into a new idea: a volunteer initiative designed to support others in the creative fields.

OZY • 14th January 2023

Some People Thrive After Trauma. Here’s Why.

Psychotherapists and mental health experts — plus a former sniper — share insights on why certain people thrive after great adversity. The pandemic was a collective, global trauma. Even if you were lucky and navigated the last few years without losing loved ones, a job or becoming ill, the experience of living under lockdowns, the uncertainty of a dangerous virus spreading through the world and the curtailment of freedom was a lived trauma.

OZY • 18th October 2022

New in Sex: How to Keep It Hot

We asked for your most pressing sex questions, and you answered. Here are tips, suggestions and advice from top sex educators and therapists about how to keep the flames of desire burning in long-term relationships. – with reporting by Fiona Tapp from Ottawa, Canada.

ANA Experience Class • 11th October 2022

Warm Up at an Onsen Inn

The macaque monkeys who regularly take to Japan’s natural hot springs with icicles hanging from their fur may do so simply to enjoy a reprieve from the cold winter temperatures. But there’s another intriguing reason these animals have made hot spring bathing part of their routine.

Researchers at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Joshinetsu Kogen National Park in Nagano prefecture have found that these simians take a steamy dip to benefit from the relaxing properties of the warm mineral-rich water.

Adventure.com • 6th July 2022

The Pandemic Heightened My Anxiety: Now, Adventures Are Helping Me Get Back to Myself

The blade of my paddle slices a path through the clear waters of Arizona’s Saguaro Lake. Carved through canyon walls and surrounded by an abundance of towering Saguaro cacti, this man-made Sonoran Desert Lake is a refreshing oasis...

Canadian Traveller • 30th June 2022

A Hotel in Scottsdale is Offering Cactus Massages So We Gave it a Try

The Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North artfully blends into its desert surroundings at the foothills of Pinnacle Peak. Cleverly laid out casitas and suites make you feel like you are part of the high Sonoran desert landscape while providing privacy and a serene retreat from the world.

CNN Underscored • 15th January 2021

Create Your Home Gym with These Essential Fitness Products

Many gyms and fitness centres across the country are closed, as Canada remains in lockdown. But that doesn’t mean you have to abandon all your healthy habits or give up on your fitness resolutions for the new year.

CNN Underscored • 3rd November 2020

7 Canadian Brands Leading the Natural Skin Care Trend

The worldwide trend of natural skin care has grown in popularity in recent years, and Canada is leading the way. Consumers are moving away from products that contain harsh chemicals and are instead looking to source natural, plant-based solutions to common skin care issues.

Canadian Traveller Magazine • 11th September 2020

Wetsuit Wisdom

My first surfing lesson was an exercise in teenage humiliation. We shuffled around anxiously on the cold sand of a Welsh beach, pre-dawn, waiting for the wetsuit shack to open. Our teachers tried their best to cheer up the group of 14-year old students on an adventure sports field trip, but there was no escaping the horror that was about to unfold.

Edible Ottawa • 21st April 2020

Traditional Miso, Canadian Flavors

From green beans in a miso sesame sauce and soboro don to miso corn muffins, the fermented bean paste adds depth and complexity to everyday dishes.

Edible Vancouver & Wine Country • 21st April 2020

Tea: Farmed and Foraged

Early morning as the forest mist rises around Whistler, Isabelle Ranger, founder and owner of Namasthé Tea Co., and her partner Cédric Gervais, can be found talking to the plants.

Edible Ottawa • 21st April 2020

A Country Boy in the Capital

Callaloo has proved to be so popular at the market that next season Burrell intends to buy a glass-doored freezer to sell it year-round.
“To be jerk, it has to have that flavour. All the ingredients are from my farm, except one thing in there, it's a spice, that I get from Jamaica. That's what gives it that authentic smoky flavour,” he says.

The Conversationalist • 13th March 2020

Nose to Tail With a Lady Butcher

With environmentally conscious, humane butchery, Hannah Miller stakes a position between factory farming and veganism.
Picture a butcher and what do you see?
Perhaps a burly mustachioed man swinging a meat cleaver into a carcass. Hacking away, smeared in blood, working in a quick and inelegant fashion. Heaving body parts up onto his thick shoulder and then slamming them down onto a cutting table.

Edible Ottawa • 14th October 2019

For the Love of Kale

Of the many dishes served that are beloved by the Quirky Carrot customers, here are two of their all-time favourites.

Marijuana Doctors • 28th September 2019

CBD and Anxiety

Interest in CBD or cannabidiol, available in oils, gummies, drops, and even mints, has exploded recently. The chemical has been added to a huge range of products and marketed heavily as a supplement to cure everything from insomnia to arthritis.

Forbes • 20th February 2019

Visit The Largest Spa In North America

A scream breaks through the peaceful sanctuary and several bathers look around to see what, or who has created the ruckus. A splash from the cold dip pool and a very quick run to the safety of the sauna reveal that it was just part of the thermal cycle, here at Spa Nordik.

Ministry of Hemp • 15th February 2019

CBD In Canada: Why Can’t I Easily Get Legal CBD In Canada?

In October of 2018, Canada joined a very niche club, becoming only the second country in the world (after Uruguay) to legalize recreational cannabis. However, if you thought that meant the streets would be paved in green leaves up north, you would be wrong.

The Boston Globe • 25th January 2019

Businesses Envision a Boom in CBD, The Non-intoxicating Oil From Hemp

Touted as a wonder drug capable of easing anxiety, reducing inflammation, and preventing seizures, cannabidiol, or CBD, has been growing rapidly in popularity. Following approval of the 2018 federal farm bill, the American hemp CBD market alone is projected to reach $20 billion by 2020.

Self • 19th January 2019

What It’s Like to Fill in the Gaps in Your Health History When You’re Adopted

For the first 18 years of my life, my family history was a complete mystery. I was adopted as a baby, and while at times that reality has been painful, I was extremely fortunate to have been raised by two of the kindest people who were simply meant to be parents. But despite having an idyllic childhood, I spent a lot of time imagining my birth family. I wondered what they looked like, what their voices sounded like, and if they shared my interests and passions.

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