Around the Valley

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Fit to Be Healthy

When looking around for a personal trainer, coach or fitness program there are a few things you need to keep in mind. Lets take a look at fitness classes first. These are great to meet new ...[...Read More]

Enlighten Your Load

The cold, dark days and nights of winter make the idea of a warm relaxing sauna seem inviting, but health enthusiasts know that regular use of a Far-infrared sauna comes with several summer-related benefits such ...[...Read More]

What's in the Stars?

Michael O’Connor will be visiting Penticton July 18-20 and Kelowna July 20-22 and will be offering personal Astrology/Numerology Readings. Call 1.888.352.2936 now to reserve your appointment. Readings are 60 or 90 minutes and the cost is $90 or ...[...Read More]

Tax Tips

When running your own business, there are a number of income splitting opportunities. Many of these options apply whether or not the business is incorporated. You can hire your family and pay them ...[...Read More]

On the Lot

Now I know what you’re thinking – your vehicles’ owner manual is a pretty dry, boring read. However, it really can make a difference to the way your vehicle runs and how much life you’ll ...[...Read More]

Parentology

Enjoying the Ride Chaos, a word with immense transformational power, a word that when given life can create fear and a word I do not like to associate with my home. Yet here it is, I ...[...Read More]

Enlighten Your Load

On Christmas day, 2003 the headline went out across the news service, “Scientists Begin Measuring Pollution in Humans” and the results were disturbing: flame retardants, heavy metals, styrene… a veritable witch’s brew of chemicals were ...[...Read More]

Fit to Be Healthy

When it comes to intense physical training, building fitness, this is a common thought that “old” people have. As we age for some reason it is believed that walking around the mall, and splashing around ...[...Read More]

On the Lot

Many times I’ve had a customer ask me about the decision of what options to pay for on their next vehicle, and which ones to bypass. Choosing the right options can make your vehicle more ...[...Read More]

OK People and Places

Penticton’s Dream Cafe has established itself as the entertainment hub of the South Okanagan. The place is rocking most evenings with excellent musicians from around the world, performing on a small stage to an ...[...Read More]

The Environment

British Columbia has entered a new era. Along with the majority of the world’s scientists, the province has determined that greenhouse gas emissions are affecting life on the planet. Not content to stand by and force ...[...Read More]

Fit to Be Healthy

People will blame anyone and anything for their failures and shortcomings before accepting that it was their fault. This is true almost everywhere… The gym is the one place where personal responsibility still reigns. Your maximum ...[...Read More]

On the Lot

I don’t have to tell you that fuel consumption is currently the hot topic of conversation. But what I will tell you are some ways in which to get more bang for your buck, and ...[...Read More]

Relationships

“Is not…” “Is too…” “Is not!” “Is too!” Once again my husband and I are having a mature and healthy debate about something really important. Not the value of starting a kid’s college fund or where to go for ...[...Read More]

Fit to Be Healthy

Despite what you might think, you don’t get stronger at the gym. You don’t get faster on the track. These are the places where you put stress on your body to force it to either ...[...Read More]

Parentology

Discipline is a word that conveys a strong image in the mind of all who hear it; for me there is even a bodily reaction to the word discipline. I begin to tighten, my defenses ...[...Read More]

The Environment

This summer the Arctic ice cap will to its lowest level since satellites started measurements in 1979. The Arctic summer sea ice will shrink by more than 20 per cent below the previous 2005 record low ...[...Read More]

Spiritual Secrets

As I sit here perched, semi Buddha-like, in a 1/16 lotus position (I sprained my back playing frisbee), I contemplate the billions of magical, whirling, atomic universes within all of my multi-faceted, inter-dimensional bodies. Suddenly I ...[...Read More]

Fit to Be Healthy

For most of us, the only gauge of progress towards fitness is how much we weigh. Slave to the scale we are, agonizing over every pound lost (or not lost!). This is probably the worst ...[...Read More]

Science and Technology

Is it a (very fiery) bird? Is it a (very slow moving) plane? Perhaps you’ve pondered the nature of that really bright point of light currently appearing in the western sky before sunset ...[...Read More]