Planning on getting back into shape in the New Year? If part of your plan is to eat a sensible breakfast, like, say, cereal, you may have noticed Special K's "Bite-sized tips on looking and feeling good" on the back of its box. However, we couldn't help but notice that one of the tips was less than inspired.
Traveling during the holidays is at the top of my list of stress-inducers. Running a close second is shopping the week before Christmas Day. Both are deadlines I have to face over the next few days. It's not only the busyness, but I always seem to run into pushy, obnoxious types intent on making the season unbearable. I plan to fight back this year!
The countdown to Marketplace's season premiere begins! Co-host Erica Johnson reveals what's in store on Friday, January 8 at 8:30 p.m. in a video message.
Three weeks ago, you couldn't turn on the TV or read a newspaper without reading about Canada's largest ever crib recall. Parents were told to "immediately stop using these cribs!" And like two million other Canadian families, we own one of these cribs. Our two-year-old has slept in it, safely, and usually soundly, for most of her life. But did we stop using the recalled crib?
I am a compulsive researcher of consumer products when it comes to
buying large and even medium-sized gadgets. Whether it's a coffee
maker, a computer, a front-loading washing machine or a vacuum, I'll
spend days trolling the internet to see what other people think of the
product. Now I know I don't need to bother.
If you buy organic produce to reduce your intake of pesticides, you might be interested in a recent study by the U.S.-based Environmental Working Group, which ranks the "pesticide load" of 47 fruits and vegetables. The study also points out 15 of the "clean" and 12 of the "most contanimated" non-organic fruits and vegetables.
With the current climate change conference in Copenhagen, most people are thinking big picture when it comes to the environment. But what about rewarding the little changes some are making? For instance: driving mini-cars instead of gas-guzzling SUVs. Yet, despite the fact that up to four cars can fit into one regular parking lot space, mini-car drivers pay full price. 
A Toronto man learned a hard lesson this week about the real danger of fake guns. Jeremy Bell found himself staring down the barrel of a police assault rifle after a neighbour spotted Bell in his office handling what looked like a genuine semi-automatic pistol.
Like any new tech gadget I buy, I immediately become obsessed with it.
My recent upgrade to the iPhone is no exception. I was taking photos,
updating my Facebook status and Twittering -- all on the go. But, in my
blissful technological haze, what I wasn't paying attention to was what
private information I was willingly giving away.
Last night, The National's Consumer News Unit revealed that using hand sanitizer didn't kill 99.99 % of germs on the hands of students who had just returned to the classroom from their lunch hour. 