Category: Voices

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Hanging Pictures on Paneled Walls

    By Reena Nerbas Front Load Washer Discolouration Dear Reena, I am wondering if you have any tips for removing discolouration on the rubber liner just inside the door of a front loading washing machine. I inherited my parent’s washer, and it came with this discolouration and I would like to clean it up if I can. Laurie…

  • Tax Loss Selling Tips for Investors

    Tax Loss Selling Tips for Investors

    By Kim Inglis It’s been an interesting year for investors and regardless of headline noise most of the major indices are well into positive territory.  Despite this there are still a number of stocks experiencing negative returns on the year so investors who develop a strategy for tax loss selling now can reap dividends later.…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes for November 28 – December 5, 2016

    Planet Waves Horoscopes for November 28 – December 5, 2016

    By Eric Francis ARIES — You need a new perspective, and it looks like you’re about to get one. You’ve been so consumed with your own changes and developments the past year that it’s been difficult to see much past that. Now you’re getting a view over the edge of your own horizons. This will…

  • From My Bookshelf: Amy Stewart (again)

    From My Bookshelf: Amy Stewart (again)

    By Lynn Willoughby The Last Bookstore in America ~ Amy Stewart I seem to be on a binge of Amy Stewart books. This novel is hilarious, is a true character study. If you enjoy Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Moore and their sense of humour, you will like Stewart. As Moore says, in Practical Demonkeeping: “If you think anyone is…

  • NDP Wind and Solar Plans Have Albertans Worried, and Rightly So

    NDP Wind and Solar Plans Have Albertans Worried, and Rightly So

    By Pat Stier, MLA for Livingstone-MacLeod The NDP government’s plan to overhaul our electricity grid has farmers and ranchers in southern Alberta worried, and rightly so. In Ontario – unsightly, government-subsidized wind and solar projects have devastated local economies, view-sheds and property values – and rural Ontarians are upset. A columnist for the Financial Post…

  • Albertans Deserve Final Say on Floor Crossings

    Albertans Deserve Final Say on Floor Crossings

    By Drew Barnes, MLA Just under two years ago, on a cold December evening, I found myself at a small town Christmas concert in southern Alberta speaking with a despondent constituent.  With tears in her eyes, she told me that she had just sent a $20 donation to the ex-leader of the Official Opposition, Danielle…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Get active!

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Get active!

    Finding time to be physically active is a challenge for most of us. Between the seemingly endless demands of work and family, it may seem like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to squeeze in a brisk walk or a pick-up game of basketball. But when it comes to the health of your…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Nail Polish Mishaps

    By Reena Nerbas Carpet Bubble Dear Reena, How do I get rid of a bubble under the carpet in my living room?  Many thanks, Jeannette Dear Jeannette, Here is a popular fix for a carpet bubble. Use a pointed screwdriver to make a small hole in the carpet. Purchase Bubble Glue or Carpet Seam Sealer (strong…

  • Expanding the CPP Unnecessary and Counterproductive

    Expanding the CPP Unnecessary and Counterproductive

    A crude instrument such as expanding the CPP will do nothing to help those seniors most in need By Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre, The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C. / Troy Media/ – In a recent op-ed on Troy Media, respected actuary Robert Brown responded to our criticism of the federal government’s case for expanding the Canada…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: November 21 – 28, 2016

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: November 21 – 28, 2016

    By Eric Francis ARIES — To get what you want, turn up the passion. You don’t need the ordinary kind of desire; you need the instinctual, lusty kind. This is partly about wanting something enough, or wanting it more than others. It’s also about being so devoted to what you do that you draw others…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness News: Teaching Facts About Drugs and Gambling

    AHS Weekly Wellness News: Teaching Facts About Drugs and Gambling

    There are a number of things you can do to help prevent addiction. Teaching your children about drugs and gambling is important.  It helps children to have a concerned parent who thinks ahead and wants to keep them informed so they stay safe. Children are smart and they are learning all the time. You are…

  • From My Bookshelf: Amy Stewart

    From My Bookshelf: Amy Stewart

    By Lynn Willoughby Lady Cop Makes Trouble ~ Amy Stewart When I reviewed Stewart’s first novel “Girl Waits With Gun”, I said I hoped there would be a sequel.  This is it and while I enjoyed it, the sparkle, the humour, the fun of the first novel were missing! Constance Kopp (is there a pun here?)…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Regular screening tests can be a life saver

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Regular screening tests can be a life saver

    Screening saves lives Make no mistake about it – screening saves lives. Whether it’s the mammogram to screen for breast cancer or the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) for colorectal cancer, tests have the potential to detect abnormalities early – early enough that you can do something about it. Studies show that regular screening with the…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Grilling the Perfect Steak

    By Reena Nerbas Creating Smooth Curtain Rod Dear Reena, I own a wooden curtain rod on which the wooden curtain rings stick and “shudder” when pulling the curtains open and closed (I’ve actually pulled the curtains off the end rings with the yanking they require). How can I best get these non-compliant rings to move…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: November 14 – 21, 2016

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: November 14 – 21, 2016

    ARIES — The best sex is always a little chaotic, a bit messy and unpredictable. Never fold your clothes when you undress. Toss them off with abandon and just make sure nothing lands on a lit candle. This is the way to live your life right now. You are the seducing influence in every situation.…