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GUIDE REFLECTIONS

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dear Readers, I have announced my retirement as Anglican Bishop of Saskatoon, effective February 28, 2010, but I am not retiring from COUNTRY GUIDE. I plan to continue writing Reflections each month. Incidentally, my first COUNTRY GUIDE column was published in the fall of 1994. This issue marks my 15th anniversary with the magazine. My […] Read more
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Meet The Family

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Get past it. Many of us would rather jump off a cliff than sit through a family meeting. The mere thought is enough to make our flesh squirm. But the message from the experts is simple: The stakes in farming today are simply too big to gamble everyone’s future on your guesses about how your […] Read more
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Hear’s To Ear Wax

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Our Grandmothers Were Right. You Should Never Put Anything Smaller Than Your Elbow Into Your Ear With the next flu season here, it’s time for flu shots and other preventive measures. Should you get your flu shot? People most at risk for flu complications definitely need flu shots, but so do health care providers and […] Read more
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REFLECTIONS – for Aug. 31, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes “The seniors would like you to join them for their weekly gathering.” I am delighted to accept, especially when I am only expected to visit and have fun. It is a warm afternoon in the pretty village of Endeavour, Sask., located where prairie meets parkland. I chat with folks outside the Seniors Centre until it […] Read more
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More Creative Than You Think

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Creativity is what your brain discovers when it isn’t concentrating on logic, order and trying too hard — Barbara Florio Graham Tapping Into Your Innate Creativity By Barbara Florio Graham Next time you’re stumped when trying to solve a problem or come up with a new idea, try these tips. Surround yourself with items from […] Read more
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When Flying Becomes A Pain

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Eh?… it’s earwax Everyone has it but you may not realize that it is important to healthy ears. While ear infections more often bother children, adults can also be at increased risk especially if they do not take care of their ears. Next month we’ll look at how the ear and earwax function along with […] Read more
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The Power Of Negative Thinking

Reading Time: 3 minutes I came through the kitchen in the middle of the afternoon yesterday and noticed my wife staring at the television. Oprah Winfrey was telling her, “The way you think creates reality for yourself. If you adopt a positive attitude you will attract good fortune like a magnet.” Oprah was trying to offer encouragement to a […] Read more
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Menu-Planting

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The hard truth about eating right is that it’s never more important than when everyone is to busy to worry about it. When life is busy, it can be hard to find the time to prepare balanced meals. We can’t change that, so we end up turning to take-out or prepared foods that are often […] Read more
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Just A Pinch Of Salt

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The salt we sprinkle from our salt shakers accounts for only 10 per cent of the salt that most of us consume every day Warfarin is an ingredient in rat poison, but many people take the drug for blood clotting conditions, including deep vein thrombosis or DVT. Also known as “economy class syndrome,” DVT can […] Read more
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REFLECTIONS – for May. 15, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes It is a sunny day in downtown Toronto. A street side vendor is cooking smokies. Tempted by the smell, I fork over $3. I wonder how much money the farmers who produced the food earned? While I am adding onions and relish, an ad on the side of a passing bus catches my attention. “There’s […] Read more

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