Many people enjoy having house guests. It’s a great way to have an extended visit with family or friends. It gives you the chance to entertain and play host for an evening or more, depending on how long your guests will stay. It can also be stressful: perhaps your in-laws are coming for a visit and you want the house to be perfect, or your guests are friends whom you really want to impress. Or you may even rent your home or a room.

Spring is here! What a glorious time of year. Everything is so fresh and green! After a long winter, what better way to celebrate than by bringing some of that green onto our plates?

In Canada, we tend to take some things for granted. Like healthcare. It’s free, right? Well, sort of. People who work full‑time and have group insurance will likely never see those bills for the ambulance ride or the medical equipment they take home. They also won’t need to worry too much about the cost of prescription drugs. But for anyone without private insurance, those costs can add up pretty quickly. And dealing with a pile of extra bills when you’re ill is far from being good for your health.