Adding ducts to a 100-year-old house in Canada can be a daunting task. Older homes were not designed to accommodate modern heating and cooling systems, and retrofitting can be complicated and costly. However, with the right approach and careful planning, it is possible to add ducts to your older home…

the fun parts of a renovation Buying new appliances can be daunting and time-consuming, but there are some fun parts. For starters, you get to pick out the perfect device that fits your needs — a refrigerator, stove, and dishwasher. You can also pick out the colour and design of…

we bought a century home and didn’t know Yes, with almost no forethought, planning or skills to speak of, we purchased a fixer-upper house that a structural engineer recently confirmed to be at least 100 years old in a small Canadian town. In relative terms for this country, that is…

and not burning out My title suggests I might have a solution, but I am in the middle of this struggle. I recently purchased a home in a LCOL area, the house should retain value and ideally gain but does need a lot of work. …

Canada that is… — I have lived in small-town Alberta and Ontario and traveled the middle between many times. I now find myself after a decade in larger centers shifting gears back to a town of 10,000. Many times folks of various backgrounds, usually, members of the global majority, ask what living in these…

Maybe the World Oh, Ottawa…what is there to say about poor Ottawa. Potentially the least interesting Canadian city— and let’s be honest Canada was never well known for its “cities”. I mean Toronto is fine but it is kind of the younger-preteen sibling of NYC, scrambling to be cool and…

Not like the other girls… Of late it seems everyone I speak to, and especially gal-pals have a negative outlook on Valentine's day. Rejecting the holiday for the unnecessary pressures and expectations that it places on society. Its perpetuation of a hetero normative family unit. Its pink and red colour…

wait did a year pass? When there are no events, very few happenings, and even less change in your day-to-day how do you even know it is a New year. …

Understanding our current struggles through acknowledging the past — We are now entering the third year of Covid-19 life or shadow life as it is for some. The third year, but perhaps the 4th, 5th, 6th, or 7th wave of the illness for many. …