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Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
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Columnists - Tricia Ingram
Amazing Houseplants part 3 of 3
“Cactus” – the word drums up all sorts of images. The romantic will envision scenes of towering saguaros in the Texan landscape, barrel cacti in...
Columnists - Tamara Gutierrez
Benefits of Weight Training
Do you incorporate weights into your workouts or do you think lifting is just for the hard core muscle types? Do you worry that lifting too heavy will make you...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Fun In Flatlandia
Your globetrotting liquor reporter visited the thriving metropolis of Saskatoon last week, and made sure to check out the local grog while I was there. Yes...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
Amazing Houseplants part 2
Last week, we talked about what a houseplant actually is – namely a plant that natively grows outdoors in warmer climates and which we import to our indoors...
Columnists - Tamara Gutierrez
Give HIIT a Chance!
Did you catch my article in The Anchor last week about the Hamster Wheel? Did I leave you wondering what you should be doing for cardio? If spending more and...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Leaving balmy Calgary for sun destination
January is the time when we take a short break from the brutal weather that we experience this month, but this January as we all know was something else. Day...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Beam Me Up Scotty
There has been a great shakeup in our domestic booze industry this month. Alberta Distillers, which has been producing fine spirits such as Alberta Premium Rye...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Expensive lesson learnt when losing wallet
Losing a wallet can be a traumatic experience. I had the misfortune to loose my wallet recently. It so happened that we were returning home from an evening out...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Standing Up for Canada’s Energy Sector
According to the International Energy Agency, in 2035, fossil fuels will still be required to meet three-quarters of global energy demand. Canada is the...

