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Fighting Cancer With Food

Fighting Cancer With Food

Cancer is the most frightening word in the English language in my personal opinion. In 2016, I lost one of my best and closest friends to cancer. Bill Mclean sat opposite me for 16 years on the trading desk. In 2018, one of my best 

Healthy Lunch Ideas

Healthy Lunch Ideas

What is for lunch is the common question asked around my home. Lunch is the meal that is eaten in the middle of the day and is lighter. It is always exciting to get your children involved in activities that you like. I always look 

Hurting To Hope

Hurting To Hope

Last year, I was hurting. Ok, Jerry, the truth is you were hurting very badly. Debbie was going through chemo, Jean was looking for a job, and I was facing unemployment. A year later, Debbie is in remission, Jean has two job offers, and I 

Julia Palfrey: Milk & Honey

Julia Palfrey: Milk & Honey

Julia is the Pastry Chef at Eden at the Rimrock Resort in Banff Alberta Canada, 5 Diamond BCAA rating, one of three 5 diamond restaurants in Canada. She grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, and started cooking at 19 years old. She did a 4-year 

Canadian Minted Immigrant

Canadian Minted Immigrant

The immigrant has made Toronto the most multicultural and diverse city in the world. More than 200 ethnic groups live here and speak 140 languages. Toronto is one of the most educated cities, creating more jobs in tech than New York and San Francisco. There 

Casey Palmer: Canadian Dad

Casey Palmer: Canadian Dad

Casey Palmer is an amazing blogger, father to two, husband to one, second to none, and part of the Toronto Bloggers Collective.  I have had some interesting conversations with him over the last year and he has some amazing insights into being a Canadian Dad. 

Puneeta Varma: Maple & Marigold

Puneeta Varma: Maple & Marigold

I love everything about Puneeta Varma. She is a foodie, blogger, world traveler, activist, and a game changer. Puneeta left her high powered marketing job to become a stay at home mom. That changed soon and today she blogs about food, family and brings a 

Kevin Robbins: Minister Focusing on Radical Optimism

Kevin Robbins: Minister Focusing on Radical Optimism

I have a deep respect and admiration for a minister (evangelist, pastor, cleric, chaplain, missionary, priest, rector, preacher, Reverand). The job of a minister is tough and demanding. It can be satisfying from an intrinsic perspective. However, there are metrics to deal with. The modern-day 

Divorce Mediation

Divorce Mediation

Divorce mediation involves a good-faith negotiation between two parties and an experienced mediator who assists them in reaching an agreement during a fair process. If two spouses cannot agree on issues concerning their divorce or separation, a mediator can help them resolve these matters out 

Anu Bidani: An Authentic STEM Entrepreneur

Anu Bidani: An Authentic STEM Entrepreneur

Anu Bidani is the CEO of STEM MINDS (a BCorp certified Social Enterprise) and Inno-Hive, an Innovative Learning Community – Not-For-Profit), two companies that focus on shaping the future of education by transforming learning experiences for both children and adults. STEM Minds is on a