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by Dr. Marita Schauch, ND, Tall Tree Integrated Health Centre -  Summer is upon us, which means you may be thinking you missed the boat on hitting the gym for a summer body. Or perhaps each time you think about working out, you make up a million excuses for why you shouldn't. Maybe you tell

by Tilar J. Mazzeo | photo by Kelly Neil -  It's springtime, and, here on the Saanich Peninsula, the grapevines are budding. Spare a thought, though, for the vineyard owners in the Okanagan. 99% of the crop was lost in that brutal cold snap – and with it many of the vines. How was the

story and photos by Kathryn Alvarez -  Now that spring is upon us and flowers are in abundance, you may notice more pollinators in your garden looking for food. When most people think of pollinators, they think of bees (did you know there are approximately 450 species of bees in British Columbia alone?). But pollinators

by Janice Henshaw -  Time has outwitted some of us – we believed that if we exercised 150 minutes a week, ate reasonably, socialized just the right amount, and volunteered for good causes, we might stay forever young, forever fit. What a shock when a knee (or both!) gives out in the middle of an