Category: Voices

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Keeping Food Fresh Longer

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Keeping Food Fresh Longer

    By Reena Nerbas Cleaning Bottom of Frying Pan Hi Reena, Do you have advice for cleaning the bottom of a stainless-steel frying pan? Thank you, Katharine Hi Katharine, Here are a few tricks to brighten a stainless-steel pot, both on the inside and the outside: Soak tomato juice, sauce, puree, ketchup, any tomato acid base…

  • MP John Barlow Statement – Another Liberal Failure: Mismanagement of Energy East

    MP John Barlow Statement – Another Liberal Failure: Mismanagement of Energy East

    Ottawa, ON – John Barlow, Conservative MP for Foothills and Shadow Minister for Agriculture issued the following statement in response to the cancellation of the Energy East pipeline:  “Yesterday, TransCanada announced it is cancelling the Energy East Pipeline project. The project would have created 15,000 middle class jobs and injected $55 billion into the Canadian economy.   “This announcement…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: October 9 – 16, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: October 9 – 16, 2017

    By ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — If you encounter resistance, check your own beliefs. It’s likely that any strain or pushback is coming from within your own mind rather than from your outer environment. One would think that the ability to alter one’s thoughts would be the easiest thing in the world, with a tool…

  • From My Bookshelf: Terry Fallis

    From My Bookshelf: Terry Fallis

    By Lynn Willoughby One Brother Shy ~ Terry Fallis When I read “The Best Laid Plans” for Canada Reads, I just didn’t get what the hype was about.  Now, reading this newest book by Fallis I am on board with his quirky wit and humour.  Although there are some devastating and disturbing parts to this…

  • Letter to the Editor: The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Edmonton and Ottawa

    Letter to the Editor: The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Edmonton and Ottawa

    Norm Baker was the founding chairman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. He was a dirt-poor farm kid who joined the navy during WWII. After the war, he came home and learned to be an electrician, eventually starting his own company, Baker’s Electric, which at one point employed more than 100 people. Baker had a self-proclaimed…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Bananas

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Bananas

    By Reena Nerbas Cleaning Black Gas Stovetop Hi Reena, I have a black gas stove (that I really love) but would like to find something that cleans the black stovetop without using harsh scrubbers or chemicals, because I am afraid to damage the surface. It would be nice to also do this without streaks! Any…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: October 2 – 9, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: October 2 – 9, 2017

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — Amidst much other exciting astrology, including the Full Moon in your birth sign, Venus and Mars form a conjunction in Virgo, the house in your solar chart addressing healing, work and wellbeing. One easy-to-spot theme here is that your intimate relationships are finding their way to a useful place:…

  • From My Bookshelf: Linden MacIntyre

    From My Bookshelf: Linden MacIntyre

    By Lynn Willoughby The Only Cafe ~ Linden MacIntyre What a way MacIntyre has with words, especially dialogue!  I have been on a run of so-so novels, so was delighted when I picked this up and was hooked on the first page. I am sure MacIntyre intended us to take away information on a largely…

  • The Loudest Voices Against Tax Reform Are Not Neutral

    The Loudest Voices Against Tax Reform Are Not Neutral

    Almost absent in the debate about proposed Canadian changes are any voices defending the idea of tax fairness By Michael Wolfson Expert Adviser EvidenceNetwork.ca Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s proposals for tightening tax breaks associated with private companies is generating several kinds of response on social media and in mainstream media. The most evident is…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Waterless Hand Cleaner and Attracting Lady Bugs

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Waterless Hand Cleaner and Attracting Lady Bugs

    This week Reena offers solutions for Stubborn Burnt Pot;  Concrete Stains; Waterless Hand Cleaner; How to Make Vanilla Extract; Attracting Lady Bugs to Your Garden.

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: September 25th – October 2nd, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: September 25th – October 2nd, 2017

    Here’s your weekly horoscopes brought to you by Eric Francis from Planet Waves.

  • From My Bookshelf: Lisa See

    From My Bookshelf: Lisa See

    By Lynn Willoughby The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane ~ Lisa See I have read other books by this author and when I started this one it was not what I expected.  There is a lot of prose devoted to tea farming, tradition, and especially to the Han minority people, the Akha.  But it did get…

  • Letter to the Editor—Alberta Coal Plants and Hurricanes

    Letter to the Editor—Alberta Coal Plants and Hurricanes

    JOURNALISTIC “HIGH-PUR-BUH-LEE” Graham Thomson and the Calgary Herald (Sept 12) say that Alberta’s coal-fired electrical plants played a role in the recent hurricanes in the United States. They claim: “Climate change is… making hurricanes like Irma more powerful and more destructive.” The paper also affirms: “There is a connection between burning coal in Alberta… and [Hurricane] Irma.”…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Smelly Sports Wear

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Smelly Sports Wear

    By Reena Nerbas Cleaning Bottom of Stainless Steel Pot Hi Reena, Firstly, I recently boiled a stainless-steel pot completely dry. When I took it off the hot element I put the pot on a dishcloth that must have had a lot of synthetics in it, most of which melted and adhered to the bottom of…

  • Letter to the Editor: Taxing Businesses is Taxing the Rich?

    Letter to the Editor: Taxing Businesses is Taxing the Rich?

    Businesses exist because people have invested in productive assets like land, buildings, machines, and employees. These businesses provide goods and services that are voluntarily purchased or in other words things that people need or want. Taxes decrease the productivity of businesses which means less product, less employment, less income to buy other products. Taxes decrease…