Beware of the COVID-19 Texting Scam
Canadians are receiving texts claiming to offer financial relief. Don’t click on the link! By Erika Morris Photo: iStock/Makoto Hara.…
Rainbows Defying the Pandemic
More and more windows are glowing with rainbows that promise brighter days ahead By Erika Morris All over North America and the United Kingdom, brightly crayon-coloured rainbows have been appearing in people’s front windows. Other rainbows are chalk drawings…
The Power of Art Therapy
The goal of art therapy isn’t the creation of masterpieces but improved physical and mental health By Wendy Haaf Photo:…
Music to Soothe the Heart
Listening to music can help you recover more quickly following a heart attack, a new study suggests Patients experiencing…
Sleep and Heart Health Linked
Too much sleep and too little are both bad for you Photo: iStock/Wavebreakmedia. Research has shown that both too…
Wash Your Hands Without Damaging Them
If your hands are beginning to suffer from so much washing, it’s time to start pampering them Photo: iStock/Drazen. …
You May Be Able to Defer Your Mortgage Payment
To help customers cope during the pandemic, Canada’s big banks say they’ll let you put off making mortgage and credit-card…
Relax—You Have an Extra Month to File Your Taxes
The annual deadlines to file and pay taxes have been extended By Erika Morris Photo: iStock/Osarieme Eweka. The federal and…
COVID-19: Questions Answered
The coronavirus pandemic raises a host of questions. We asked some of them to virologist and professor of biological sciences…
Women Are Still the Ones Doing the Laundry
Some traditional gender roles persist among Canadian couples A Statistics Canada survey shows that while men and women are…