Nails protect the sensitive ends of our fingers and toes and enhance our ability to perform tasks.

Guide Health: Why you should take better care of your fingernails

Protect your nails. Wear gloves and avoid perfumed products

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fingernails and toenails are composed of skin cells, with the nails growing from specialized epithelial cells in the region of the nail’s half-moon shaped base, called the nail matrix. The cells become keratinized and harden into strong natural proteins as they grow over the nail bed. The pink colour of the nails is due to […] Read more

“The nature of our problems determines the quality of our lives,” writer Mark Manson says in one of the most popular books of this generation.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a …

Guide Books Review: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Subtle Art of Not Giving a … A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good LifeBy Mark Manson Let’s start with a warning to would-be readers of this book: if you’re offended by f-bombs and a few other swear-y words, you’ll want to give it a miss. But if you choose to read The Subtle […] Read more


Emotional stress on its own can promote an outbreak.

Guide Health: Cold sores — why don’t they just go away?

Early treatment will give you better control

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cold sores, technically knows as herpes labialis, are caused by herpes simplex virus type 1. (Note: it is herpes simplex virus type 2 that is responsible for genital herpes infections). Across Canada, 90 per cent of us are exposed to herpes infection by the time we reach adulthood, although only 20 to 40 per cent […] Read more

Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential

Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential

Guide Books Review: Creating a 'culture of development' is essential

Reading Time: 3 minutes Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potentialBy Dr. Carol S. Dweck Failure can be difficult to handle, especially if you’ve always been told that you are smart. Failure can also be problematic if you feel that everything you do will always be deeply scrutinized and evaluated. It’s all on you. Worse, you […] Read more


"It’s not that I’m a great baker,” says Mary Janet MacDonald. “It’s just that I really enjoy doing it. It’s genuine. I make mistakes.”

Tunes and wooden spoons

Dishing out recipes, music and love, a Cape Bretoner shows how a social media presence can be good both for the heart and the business

Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s the kind of good news story we could all use a little more of right now. Cape Breton Island’s Mary Janet MacDonald has brought hope and cheer to thousands during the COVID-19 pandemic through her love of cooking and people. Almost every single Sunday afternoon since the first pandemic restrictions were put in place […] Read more

Men are two or three times more likely to experience snoring and sleep apnea.

Guide Health: Snoring and sleep apnea

Medical conditions often contribute to sleep apnea

Reading Time: 3 minutes Snoring can be more than a nuisance. It can have negative consequences too, and it is important to know it may be a sign of sleep apnea. Sleep relaxes the soft tissues in the roof of the mouth (i.e. the soft palate) and in both your throat and your tongue. Snoring is the sound that […] Read more


Researchers are working towards a closed-loop system and Graham predicts the growing systems will also get more efficient as artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning and feedback from the data sensors are utilized more effectively.

Grow food anywhere

New Canadian startup Growcer already has 50 “vertical farms” in place in Canada. Get ready for a whole lot more

Reading Time: 5 minutes In Canada’s northern regions, where the growing season is so short it can seem non-existent in any agricultural sort of way, fresh food from California and Mexico is not only expensive due to the transportation costs; all too often, it is no longer fresh. After experiencing first-hand how the high cost of fresh, healthy food […] Read more

Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)

Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)

Guide Books Review: How having even one difficult person can ruin an entire team

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Amy GalloHarvard Business Review Press Farming is seldom a solo venture. Not only do the older and the younger generations overlap but as farms get bigger and more complex, more employees get hired too, so learning to work with others is essential. Negative relationships are bad for business. We know this, but there’s still […] Read more


Having a good dental care regime can help you avoid a number of health problems.

Guide Health: Taking care of your teeth is always a good idea

Some people have an increased risk for poor dental health. Are you one of them?

Reading Time: 3 minutes The saying is that everyone takes their teeth for granted unless they have a cavity. This underscores a very real problem. It is too easy to think that dental care is only useful for preventing tooth pain. Instead, it boosts our overall health too. Between one- and two-thirds of Canadians have had a cavity or […] Read more

"We seem to have slipped into an abyss where we have lost our shared humanity.” – Jay Remer.

Bringing back civility

In a world that is losing its manners, the next step is yours

Reading Time: 5 minutes Incidents of road rage are up. So are aggressive speeding and dangerous driving. Meanwhile, politicians are receiving death threats, even in rural municipalities, and we see so much lashing out at one another on social media. Is incivility rampant in our society today? It can certainly feel that way. What happened to the good manners […] Read more