Have you heard? The 2013 Dig In Challenge is coming up right around the corner! It launches on February 1st and goes until the end of June. Five months of eating healthy, local, sustainable, and fair food? Yes please. The Dig In Challenge also offers FREE food skill workshops! There will be workshops in Winnipeg, [...]
It’s that time of year again – the new Lifestyle Pass is coming out! This $40 booklet could save you over $2,000 at some of the best health and wellness businesses around Winnipeg. It features yoga and fitness studios, restaurants and cafes, spas and shops, and health and coaching (including a fantastic deal for a [...]
The Centre for Science in the Public Interest – an organization which I admire greatly – is doing a video contest! From their information release: POUR ONE OUT VIDEO CONTEST Help spread the health message about sugary drinks and you could win $1,000! Sugary Drinks make up the largest single source of calories in the [...]
As many of the you know, I’m the co-host for CKUW’s Wooden Spoons radio show, an hour-long talk show on healthy living and nutrition. My co-host was away on holidays for the month of August so I got to choose my own guests and topics for the most recent five shows! Here are links to [...]
Life update I know I’ve been MIA recently – there’s been a lot going on! Working in the noprofit sector is exciting and rewarding and awesome, but it also takes tons of energy. Since I’m preparing for the big launch of our local food challenge (taking place this coming Saturday – at the Forks – [...]
Hello all! Today Mr. Science and I are going on holiday for 10 days to NYC. Hurray! During this time I’ll be far away from the computer, however I have some blog posts scheduled for next week to keep everyone occupied while I’m gone Taking a vacation and getting away from “real life” is important [...]
One of the things about being healthy is making sure that we continue to always learn new things, exercise our brains, and expand our horizons. I’m doing that – starting today! – by volunteering as a radio co-host for the Wooden Spoons program on CKUW 95.9 FM. To quote from the CKUW website: Wooden Spoons [...]
My trip last week was awesome. It was great to see the sistertraveller and my grandparents again, and it was so much fun to have a whole weekend to spend with the sistertraveller, mother dear and godmother dear! My grandparents live in a lovely little beach town just a couple hours outside of Toronto, so [...]
I am delighted to announce that this afternoon I will be giving a presentation to inner-city youths at Fort Whyte about how to make nutritious choices at the grocery store, the importance of good health and my role with The Food Label Movement. Some of the main points of my presentation include: – The current [...]
Today I’m leaving with the boyfriend and Westwood for a three-day kayaking trip! Hope you all have a great long weekend Our “Managing a 60-hour workweek” mini-series will begin next week, but today I wanted to announce that this was my last week working at the vet clinic (if by “last week” I mean that [...]
