Columnists

• May 2013
  • Fri., 24 – Zeta Cava Rosado
     
  • Thu., 23 – Gout
     
  • Wed., 22 – Queso Fresco
     
  • Tue., 21 – Haida Gwaii
     
  • Tue., 21 – Vines
     
  • Tue., 21 – Changing your name
     
  • Fri., 17 – Lyndon Penner's live CBC chat
     
  • Thu., 16 – Star Trek Into Darkness
     
  • Thu., 16 – Health portrait
     
  • Thu., 16 – Family fun
     
  • Wed., 15 – Peppers and tomatoes
     
  • Tue., 14 – Flying etiquette
     
  • Mon., 13 – Creston Bird Festival
     
  • Mon., 13 – Empathetic doctors
     
  • Fri., 10 – The Great Gatsby
     
  • Thu., 9 – Aging and your sense of taste
     
  • Thu., 9 – Kit and Kaboodle
     
  • Wed., 8 – Asparagus and Morels
     
  • Tue., 7 – Regrets
     
  • Mon., 6 – Chronic kidney disease
     
  • Mon., 6 – Rhino conservation
     
  • Fri., 3 – Iron Man 3
     
  • Thu., 2 – Water and weight loss
     
  • Thu., 2 – Red and Sled
     
  • Wed., 1 – Fresh Fish
     
• April 2013
  • Tue., 30 – Keeping secrets
     
  • Mon., 29 – Naturopaths and heart health
     
  • Mon., 29 – Beekeeper Brian
     
  • Fri., 26 – Pain & Gain
     
  • Thu., 25 – Taj, Anne and Charlie
     
  • Thu., 25 – Farro is good for you
     
  • Wed., 24 – Kale
     
  • Tue., 23 – Spring Fever
     
  • Mon., 22 – Hospital ratings
     
  • Mon., 22 – Jane Goodall
     
  • Fri., 19 – Oblivion
     
  • Fri., 19 – Domaine de Vaufuget Vouvray 2011
     
  • Thu., 18 – Delaying cognitive decline
     
  • Thu., 18 – Cats, a cabaret, and Cowboy Junkies
     
  • Wed., 17 – Ahi Tuna with fresh greens
     
  • Tue., 16 – Playing hard to get
     
  • Mon., 15 – Swans
     
  • Fri., 12 – Hypnotized Art Thieves and 42
     
  • Thu., 11 – Reducing inflammation
     
  • Thu., 11 – A garden show, a record sale and a show for kids
     
  • Wed., 10 – Rhubarb
     
  • Tue., 9 – Forgive your parents
     
  • Mon., 8 – Patient navigator
     
  • Mon., 8 – Ducks Unlimited
     
  • Fri., 5 – Art in Banff and theatre in Calgary
     
  • Fri., 5 – Jurassic Park goes 3D
     
  • Wed., 3 – Apples
     
  • Tue., 2 – Signs of Spring
     
  • Tue., 2 – Little blue pill
     
• March 2013
  • Thu., 28 – Easter weekend
     
  • Thu., 28 – Easter at the movies
     
  • Thu., 28 – Java benefits
     
  • Wed., 27 – Heirloom tomatoes
     
  • Tue., 26 – Divorce parties
     
  • Mon., 25 – Cougar warning
     
  • Mon., 25 – Mandatory flu shots
     
  • Fri., 22 – A new cartoon and a new action film
     
  • Thu., 21 – Green tea
     
  • Thu., 21 – New plays, comedy and music
     
  • Wed., 20 – Rabbit
     
  • Tue., 19 – Weight and relationships
     
  • Mon., 18 – Alberta turtles
     
  • Mon., 18 – Dementia and drug trials
     
  • Fri., 15 – Santa Anastasia Nero d'Avola 2011
     
  • Fri., 15 – Putting on the Irish
     
  • Fri., 15 – The Call
     
  • Thu., 14 – Tai Chi
     
  • Wed., 13 – Smoked bacon
     
  • Tue., 12 – IVF and relationship issues
     
  • Mon., 11 – Medical tests
     
  • Mon., 11 – Giant Tortoise
     
  • Fri., 8 – Oz the Great and Powerful
     
  • Thu., 7 – Shingles vaccine
     
  • Wed., 6 – Morel mushroom brulee
     
  • Tue., 5 – Trina Read
     
  • Mon., 4 – Choose Better
     
  • Mon., 4 – Galapagos Islands
     
  • Fri., 1 – Jack the Giant Slayer
     
  • Fri., 1 – Reel Fun and Sing-along Broadway
     
• February 2013
  • Thu., 28 – Tinnitus
     
  • Wed., 27 – Arugula
     
  • Tue., 26 – Breaking up online
     
  • Mon., 25 – Amazon of the Ocean
     
  • Mon., 25 – Weight gain and eating times
     
  • Fri., 22 – Snitch
     
  • Fri., 22 – Coppola Rosso 2010
     
  • Thu., 21 – Moving towards retirement
     
  • Thu., 21 – Ballet, Magic and Rossellini
     
  • Wed., 20 – Citrus fruit
     
  • Tue., 19 – Rock doves
     
  • Tue., 19 – Pruning
     
  • Tue., 19 – Work spouse
     
  • Fri., 15 – Die Hard
     
  • Fri., 15 – Family Day Weekend
     
  • Thu., 14 – Chocolate
     
  • Wed., 13 – Beet Cupcakes
     
  • Tue., 12 – Valentine's Day
     
  • Mon., 11 – Babies born by Caesarean section
     
  • Mon., 11 – Age of birds
     
  • Fri., 8 – Side Effects and Identity Thief
     
  • Thu., 7 – A Little Princess to Lego
     
  • Thu., 7 – Unhealthy Baby Boomers
     
  • Wed., 6 – Gluten free Italian
     
  • Tue., 5 – Parenting styles
     
  • Mon., 4 – Squirrels
     
  • Mon., 4 – Guidelines for stroke victims
     
  • Fri., 1 – Warm Bodies
     
  • Fri., 1 – Entertainment review
     
• January 2013
  • Thu., 31 – Parkinson's disease
     
  • Wed., 30 – Beets
     
  • Tue., 29 – Work relationships
     
  • Mon., 28 – Monarch butterflies
     
  • Mon., 28 – Rising cost of breast cancer
     
  • Fri., 25 – Corb Lund and Rule Britannia
     
  • Fri., 25 – Parker and Hansel and Gretel
     
  • Thu., 24 – Taking care of your hands
     
  • Wed., 23 – Green Jelly Salad
     
  • Tue., 22 – Is courtship dead?
     
  • Mon., 21 – Shortage of doctors
     
  • Mon., 21 – Sandhill cranes
     
  • Fri., 18 – Tahbilk Marsanne 2010
     
  • Fri., 18 – The Last Stand and Quartet
     
  • Thu., 17 – Kombucha
     
  • Thu., 17 – Ballet, orchestra and the rodeo
     
  • Wed., 16 – Poached pear wearing a bathrobe
     
  • Tue., 15 – Seniors online dating
     
  • Mon., 14 – Brian goes snowbirding
     
  • Mon., 14 – New strain of Norovirus
     
  • Fri., 11 – Zero Dark Thirty
     
  • Thu., 10 – The most important meal of the day
     
  • Thu., 10 – The High Performance Rodeo
     
  • Wed., 9 – Parsnips
     
  • Tue., 8 – Sexual compatibility
     
  • Mon., 7 – Lions
     
  • Mon., 7 – Annual pap tests
     
  • Fri., 4 – Promised Land
     
  • Thu., 3 – Staying young
     
  • Thu., 3 – Colour in the winter
     
  • Thu., 3 – First weekend
     
  • Wed., 2 – Creston Valley
     
  • Wed., 2 – Magic Bacon Powder
     
• December 2012
  • Fri., 28 – Zardetto Prosecco Brut NV
     
  • Fri., 28 – Les Misérables and Django Unchained
     
  • Mon., 24 – Winter birds
     
  • Fri., 21 – Holiday happenings
     
  • Fri., 21 – Top ten movies
     
  • Thu., 20 – Alcohol and living longer
     
  • Wed., 19 – Candy cane creativity
     
  • Wed., 19 – Holiday stress
     
  • Wed., 19 – Winter solstice
     
  • Mon., 17 – Santa's reindeer
     
  • Mon., 17 – Monitoring healthcare staff
     
  • Fri., 14 – Hobbit in 3D
     
  • Thu., 13 – Healthy gift giving
     
  • Thu., 13 – Sugar Plums, Charlie Chaplin and Chrismoose
     
  • Wed., 12 – Chestnuts
     
  • Tue., 11 – Sex toys
     
  • Tue., 11 – Capturing holiday moments with your spouse
     
  • Mon., 10 – Birds of Paradise
     
  • Mon., 10 – Hospital protocol
     
  • Fri., 7 – Playing for Keeps
     
  • Fri., 7 – Quebec Whiskey Maple Syrup Liqueur
     
  • Thu., 6 – Flamenco, Handel's Messiah and the British Columbians
     
  • Thu., 6 – Fatty liver and health
     
  • Thu., 6 – Latkes
     
  • Wed., 5 – Mandarin almond cake
     
  • Tue., 4 – Intimate gifts for spouses
     
  • Mon., 3 – Winter survival
     
  • Mon., 3 – Royal morning sickness
     
• November 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Anna Karenina
     
  • Fri., 30 – Holiday markets, Scrooge and a Home Alone Christmas
     
  • Thu., 29 – Middle age malaise
     
  • Wed., 28 – Microgreens
     
  • Tue., 27 – Surviving the office party
     
  • Mon., 26 – Grapefruit and prescription drugs
     
  • Mon., 26 – Leopard seal
     
  • Fri., 23 – Art, theatre and dance
     
  • Fri., 23 – Four Vines Old Vine Cuvee Zinfandel 2009
     
  • Thu., 22 – Snack food
     
  • Wed., 21 – Honeycrisp apples
     
  • Wed., 21 – American Thanksgiving
     
  • Tue., 20 – The value of gossip
     
  • Tue., 20 – Botanical Sexuality
     
  • Mon., 19 – Chinstrap penguins
     
  • Mon., 19 – Doctors and hand washing
     
  • Fri., 16 – Latest Twilight movie
     
  • Thu., 15 – Christmas markets and film festivals
     
  • Thu., 15 – Chia seeds
     
  • Wed., 14 – Cooking fish
     
  • Tue., 13 – How Do I Love Thee
     
  • Mon., 12 – Antarctica and penguins
     
  • Mon., 12 – Mental illness and emergency wait times
     
  • Fri., 9 – Skyfall
     
  • Thu., 8 – Entertainment for November 8
     
  • Thu., 8 – Look on the Bright Side of Life
     
  • Wed., 7 – Sautéed Brussel Sprouts with Guanciale
     
  • Tue., 6 – Rejection
     
  • Mon., 5 – Birds and storms
     
  • Mon., 5 – Doctors and medical marijuana use
     
  • Fri., 2 – Flight and Wreck-It Ralph
     
  • Thu., 1 – Smoking
     
  • Thu., 1 – Day of the Dead and a Log Driver's Waltz
     
• October 2012
  • Wed., 31 – Día de los Muertos chili
     
  • Tue., 30 – In-Laws
     
  • Mon., 29 – Cholesterol
     
  • Mon., 29 – Polar bears
     
  • Fri., 26 – Halloween Happenings
     
  • Fri., 26 – Cloud Atlas
     
  • Thu., 25 – Going grey
     
  • Wed., 24 – It's pumpkin time!
     
  • Tue., 23 – End of season planning
     
  • Tue., 23 – Staying connected
     
  • Mon., 22 – Elephant poaching
     
  • Mon., 22 – Deadly strain of meningitis
     
  • Fri., 19 – The Paperboy
     
  • Fri., 19 – Artazuri Garnacha 2010
     
  • Thu., 18 – Fish oil
     
  • Thu., 18 – Entertainment
     
  • Wed., 17 – Bison
     
  • Tue., 16 – The handshake
     
  • Mon., 15 – Flu shots
     
  • Mon., 15 – Wildebeest
     
  • Fri., 12 – Argo and Stories We Tell
     
  • Thu., 11 – Treating depression
     
  • Thu., 11 – Entertainment
     
  • Wed., 10 – Tanzania
     
  • Wed., 10 – Fingerling potatoes
     
  • Tue., 9 – Couple time
     
  • Fri., 5 – Taken 2 and Pitch Perfect
     
  • Thu., 4 – Consuming fish
     
  • Thu., 4 – Thanksgiving weekend
     
  • Wed., 3 – Sunchokes
     
  • Tue., 2 – Cranberries
     
  • Tue., 2 – Dating advice
     
  • Mon., 1 – Rwanda
     
  • Mon., 1 – Organ transplant
     
• September 2012
  • Fri., 28 – Gray Monk Unwooded Chardonnay 2011
     
  • Fri., 28 – Looper and Hotel Transylvania
     
  • Thu., 27 – From flamenco to freaky monsters
     
  • Wed., 26 – Squash
     
  • Tue., 25 – Saving seeds
     
  • Tue., 25 – Cheat and tell
     
  • Mon., 24 – Lions
     
  • Mon., 24 – Deadly superbug
     
  • Fri., 21 – The Master and Trouble With The Curve
     
  • Fri., 21 – Fall colours
     
  • Thu., 20 – Impro, Warhol, and The Boom Booms
     
  • Thu., 20 – Calorie restriction
     
  • Wed., 19 – Turkey
     
  • Tue., 18 – Frost hardy plants
     
  • Tue., 18 – Attraction and scent
     
  • Mon., 17 – Ruaha National Park
     
  • Fri., 14 – Balanchine, biking and Bentall
     
  • Fri., 14 – Finding Nemo and Resident Evil: Retribution
     
  • Thu., 13 – Living longer
     
  • Wed., 12 – Bookbinder sandwich
     
  • Tue., 11 – Organic craze in gardening
     
  • Tue., 11 – Adult bullies
     
  • Mon., 10 – Galapagos of Africa
     
  • Mon., 10 – Drugs from overseas
     
  • Tue., 4 – Primates in Rwanda
     
  • Tue., 4 – Dividing peonies
     
  • Tue., 4 – 50 Shades of Grey
     
• August 2012
  • Fri., 31 – Lawless & The Possession
     
  • Thu., 30 – Onions and garlic
     
  • Thu., 30 – Entertainment picks for the long weekend
     
  • Thu., 30 – BBQ on the Bow
     
  • Wed., 29 – Borage Pesto salad
     
  • Tue., 28 – Marriage and divorce
     
  • Tue., 28 – Bug control
     
  • Mon., 27 – Tracking hippos
     
  • Mon., 27 – Lab tests
     
  • Fri., 24 – Premium Rush and Robot and Frank
     
  • Thu., 23 – Smoked brisket
     
  • Thu., 23 – Goji berries
     
  • Thu., 23 – Get ready to party
     
  • Wed., 22 – Peas
     
  • Tue., 21 – Reader Rock Garden
     
  • Tue., 21 – Chatting or cheating
     
  • Mon., 20 – Ruaha National Park
     
  • Mon., 20 – Drug shortage
     
  • Fri., 17 – Expendables 2, Sparkle and ParaNorman
     
  • Thu., 16 – Opera to Rock the Walk
     
  • Thu., 16 – Grilling up great burgers
     
  • Wed., 15 – Peaches
     
  • Tue., 14 – Mid-August gardening tips
     
  • Tue., 14 – Frenemy
     
  • Mon., 13 – Pika
     
  • Mon., 13 – Noisy hospitals
     
  • Fri., 10 – The Bourne Legacy and Hope Springs
     
  • Thu., 9 – Cultural celebration
     
  • Thu., 9 – Barbecuing veggies
     
  • Wed., 8 – Garden greens
     
  • Tue., 7 – Lilies
     
  • Tue., 7 – Crows, rock snot and ospreys
     
  • Tue., 7 – Family reunions
     
  • Fri., 3 – Total Recall
     
  • Thu., 2 – Running
     
  • Thu., 2 – BBQ flatbread
     
  • Thu., 2 – Festivals this long weekend
     
  • Wed., 1 – Flat Iron Steak
     
• July 2012
  • Tue., 31 – Your evening garden
     
  • Mon., 30 – Rattlesnakes
     
  • Mon., 30 – Preventing chronic diseases
     
  • Mon., 30 – The Watch and Step Up Revolution
     
  • Thu., 26 – Go green
     
  • Thu., 26 – Cedar Planked Salmon
     
  • Thu., 26 – Festival weekend
     
  • Wed., 25 – Blueberry Sweet Chili Relish
     
  • Tue., 24 – Swedish aspens
     
  • Tue., 24 – Public displays of affection
     
  • Tue., 24 – Whooping cough
     
  • Mon., 23 – Puffin festival
     
  • Fri., 20 – Batman is back
     
  • Thu., 19 – Pork ribs
     
  • Thu., 19 – Entertainment for July 19, 2012
     
  • Thu., 19 – Satin Moths
     
  • Thu., 19 – BB creams
     
  • Wed., 18 – Duck breast
     
  • Tue., 17 – Changing your name
     
  • Tue., 17 – Succulents
     
  • Mon., 16 – East coast trail
     
  • Mon., 16 – Doctor training lacking
     
  • Fri., 13 – Family movies
     
  • Thu., 12 – Lamb
     
  • Thu., 12 – Entertainment for July 12, 2012
     
  • Thu., 12 – Cortisol
     
  • Wed., 11 – The Penultimate Gazpacho
     
  • Tue., 10 – Growing apples
     
  • Tue., 10 – Summer body image
     
  • Mon., 9 – HIV testing
     
  • Mon., 9 – Gulf of St. Lawrence
     
  • Fri., 6 – To Rome With Love and Savages
     
  • Thu., 5 – Drinking water
     
  • Wed., 4 – Peaches
     
  • Tue., 3 – Cape Breton bird life
     
  • Tue., 3 – Peonies
     
  • Tue., 3 – Rules for house guests
     
• June 2012
  • Fri., 29 – Magic Mike and Take This Waltz
     
  • Thu., 28 – Onboard emergencies
     
  • Thu., 28 – Grilling chicken
     
  • Wed., 27 – Fresh beans
     
  • Tue., 26 – Golfing and getting ahead
     
  • Tue., 26 – Aggressive weeds
     
  • Mon., 25 – Sick doctors
     
  • Mon., 25 – Nova Scotia wildlife
     
  • Fri., 22 – Brave
     
  • Thu., 21 – Cooking the perfect steak
     
  • Thu., 21 – Mini meditation
     
  • Wed., 20 – Spanish tortilla
     
  • Tue., 19 – Overnight camps for kids
     
  • Tue., 19 – Provincial and National Parks
     
  • Mon., 18 – Muskox
     
  • Mon., 18 – Advocating for your health
     
  • Fri., 15 – Chateau L'Oiseliniere Muscadet 2010
     
  • Fri., 15 – Rock of Ages
     
  • Thu., 14 – Meditation
     
  • Wed., 13 – Heirloom tomatoes
     
  • Wed., 13 – Waterton Wild Flower Festival
     
  • Tue., 12 – Date with your friends
     
  • Tue., 12 – Stormy weather
     
  • Mon., 11 – Snakehead invasion
     
  • Mon., 11 – Talk therapy
     
  • Fri., 8 – Prometheus and Cosmopolis
     
  • Thu., 7 – Anti aging products
     
  • Wed., 6 – Salmon
     
  • Tue., 5 – Happy in the shade
     
  • Tue., 5 – Stages of love
     
  • Mon., 4 – Antibiotics and animals
     
  • Mon., 4 – Buffalo Lake
     
  • Fri., 1 – Snow White and The Hunstman
     
• May 2012
  • Thu., 31 – Nasal irrigation
     
  • Wed., 30 – Ratatouille
     
  • Tue., 29 – Just friends
     
  • Tue., 29 – Vines
     
  • Mon., 28 – Preventing HIV
     
  • Mon., 28 – Manakin
     
  • Fri., 25 – Men in Black 3
     
  • Thu., 24 – Longevity and gender
     
  • Wed., 23 – Teriyaki Chicken with Asparagus
     
  • Tue., 22 – Brian Keating on birds
     
  • Tue., 22 – Lyndon Penner - Plants for dry climates
     
  • Tue., 22 – Trina Read on the "Mommy Chasm"
     
  • Fri., 18 – House Wine
     
  • Thu., 17 – Longevity and the outdoors
     
  • Wed., 16 – Italian Rhubarb Tart
     
  • Wed., 16 – Lyndon Penner on gardening
     
  • Tue., 15 – Trina Read on snooping
     
  • Mon., 14 – Brian Keating - Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
     
  • Fri., 11 – Brian Keating cleans up an osprey nest
     
  • Wed., 9 – Heirloom Gazpacho
     
  • Tue., 8 – Money and relationships
     
  • Tue., 8 – Brian Keating - Birds of prey
     
  • Mon., 7 – Dr. Brian Goldman - Doctors with disabilities
     
  • Fri., 4 – The Avengers
     
  • Thu., 3 – Longevity pill
     
  • Wed., 2 – Salmon Tartare
     
• April 2012
  • Mon., 30 – Bats
     
  • Mon., 30 – Children and parents in the ER
     
  • Fri., 27 – Tawse Sketches of Niagara Riesling 2009
     
  • Fri., 27 – Sharon Basaraba on pillboxes
     
  • Wed., 25 – Mini-Pot Pie Poppers
     
  • Tue., 24 – Brian Keating - Steller sea lion
     
  • Mon., 23 – Dr. Brian Goldman - Seniors & prescription drugs
     
  • Fri., 20 – Warm and fuzzy films
     
  • Thu., 19 – Getting enough fiber
     
  • Wed., 18 – Pea shoots
     
  • Tue., 17 – Spring challenges
     
  • Mon., 16 – Sleep deprivation
     
  • Mon., 16 – Coots
     
  • Fri., 13 – The Three Stooges, The Raid Redemption and The Cabin In The Woods
     
  • Thu., 12 – Study on Aging
     
  • Wed., 11 – Maple Syrup
     
  • Tue., 10 – Badgers
     
  • Thu., 5 – Longevity and friends
     
  • Thu., 5 – 3D Titanic
     
  • Wed., 4 – Fiddleheads
     
  • Mon., 2 – Gophers
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Mythic movies
     
  • Thu., 29 – Seeds and longevity
     
  • Wed., 28 – Halibut
     
  • Mon., 26 – Gulls
     
  • Mon., 26 – Long wait lists
     
  • Fri., 23 – The Hunger Games
     
  • Wed., 21 – Ricotta cheese
     
  • Wed., 14 – Roasted Beets
     
  • Wed., 7 – Fresh tuna
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 29 – Dates
     
  • Wed., 22 – Shiitake mushrooms
     
  • Wed., 15 – Gorgonzola cheese
     
• September 2011
  • Wed., 7 – Fresh Carrots
     
• August 2011
  • Tue., 30 – Chef Liana Robberecht