Commentary There is a conversation that has been forbidden for Canadians to have.  I didn’t realize how desperate Canada is to have the conversation until I got involved with the Allison Inquiry. My journey began in October 2025 when we were delivering the Health Charter Petitions to Parliament Hill. The next day Teresa and I […]

Do you want to protect yourself from the coming plagues without the use of drugs? We all know about frequent hand washing, social distancing, face masks, and vaccines. But are there things we can do with diet, lifestyle, and supplements to help make our lives drug-free and infection-free? Besides following a high protein, sugar-free, gluten-free, […]

Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is the most common form of childhood eczema, and is on the increase everywhere in the industrialized world. It manifests with red, itchy, flaky or weepy skin, and possible secondary infection. While it is not life threatening, it can profoundly affect well being and quality of life and persist for years to […]

There’s a familiar old saying about mushrooms making meals marvellous, but when it comes to the delectable shiitake, here’s a pick that goes way beyond the call of duty. Aside from being top choice for the pan, the healthful benefits of eating shiitake mushrooms make them even more to marvel over. Shiitake (Lentinus edodes belonging […]

The International Herb Association named the genus Origanum “Herb of the Year” in 2005. This put them in very good company. Venus, Greek goddess of love, adored sweet marjoram – an Origanum – and grew it on Mount Olympus, naming it joy (ganos) of the mountains (oros). When I learned this, everything I felt and […]

Depression is a broad subject, and a condition which affects the entire human being. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) teaches that the body, mind, and spirit cannot be separated. Therefore, depression can affect us on more than one level: 1) Body discomfort – includes symptoms such as tightness, pain (tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, degenerative disease such […]

Despite the statistics that one in three of us will die of cancer, there is much that we can do to prevent this disease and prolong our lives. For those of you who are dealing with cancer, the strategies and supplements below will be of benefit to you. Our health rides on a continuum from […]

My wife Teresa and I were enjoying a spring day outside of a coffee shop in Valemount, B.C recently.  As we sipped our drinks, two trucks and trailers with equipment we could not identify pulled up.  We were curious, so we asked what the trailer equipment was for.  We learned that this was a crew […]

The miracle of growing plants from tiny seeds is one of the fundamentals of human existence on planet earth. We depend upon plants for our food, oxygen and medicines. Without them we would not be here. And so the amazing phenomenon of seeds sprouting from tiny dormant capsules into small plants and then maturing into […]

In most parts of Ontario, when we take a walk in the open fields from late June to mid-July, sooner or later we are going to find that the air is filled with a strong sweet aroma. A quick search is likely to turn up some common milkweed plants with their large globular clusters of […]

Commentary I recently had the pleasure of interviewing a third generation dairy farmer named Tyler.  His grandfather started dairy farming in 1950.  For 76 years Tyler’s family has been producing milk. At one point, Tyler spoke with pride about how every year several school classes would come and visit the farm.  Tyler would pick a […]

Based on principles as old as the Sanskrit literature of ancient India, the modern chakra garden provides a healing sanctuary where emotional, mental and physical relief may be contemplated. Chakra is the Sanskrit word for wheel, disc or circle. And like the spokes of a wheel, chakra has generally come to mean the radiation of […]

The arrival of spring always brings the urge to detoxify the body as an annual ritual and fresh start. Many people take it upon themselves to do juice or water fasts to cleanse their systems, with some adding in colonic irrigations or enemas. This does provide some benefit for enhanced liver detoxification and removing winter’s […]

During the winter, our metabolism tends to speed up to help us adapt to lower temperatures and our body naturally craves more fatty and calorie intensive foods to meet our metabolic needs and provide a bit of extra insulation. Any accumulation of fat in our body can potentially result in an increased accumulation of toxicity […]

For the first time in a long time it appears that we are making progress in protecting access to our natural remedies.  On March 10, Bill 224 passed second reading.  Bill 224 moves essential nutrients and natural remedies out of the therapeutic product class of drugs.  This therapeutic product class is restrictive, designed to regulate […]

There is a version of me that no longer exists. She was capable. Driven. Devoted to the work of healing others. She woke early, held space generously, and quietly believed that if she just kept refining her mind, her life would stay coherent. She disciplined her thoughts. She studied the architecture of the psyche. She […]