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In this interview, we speak with Madeleine, owner of Candle Salon, a candle boutique that makes eco-friendly, luxury candles. — Tell us a bit about yourself? I was born in the Ivory Coast and moved to The Netherlands at the age of five. As the youngest of seven children, you can imagine how spoiled I am! I am a mother of four and married to my high school sweetheart.

I was raised in the Central Okanagan living in both West Kelowna and Kelowna for the vast majority of my life. Kelowna and the Okanagan area in general is a travel hotspot for Canadian and international travelers alike. Most people are drawn in by the beautiful scenery and sparkling lake…

By Fennie Wang Humanity Cash, in partnership with the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, announced the soft launch of digital BerkShares, a local currency that has circulated in the Berkshires, Massachusetts since 2006 — from paper notes to the blockchain, the old meets the new. BerkShares are backed 1:1…

Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2022 are back to back, but that doesn’t mean you get a free pass to be slacking on the most romantic holiday of the year. — And no, we aren’t talking about wings, pizza, or chips and dip. Your date may be into that, but for most romantic dinners, that is not the move. …

So one day she met this really wonderful guy who was wealthy and willing to do whatever she asked him to do. He never let her down, was always available for her 24 hours a day. Anything she wanted, he could provide. So of course she fell for him. …

Go get your claws on some crabs before they’re gone. How often do you get to buy fresh crabs off the boat from fishermen who just came back from a day’s fishing trip out in the Pacific ocean? Thanks to a pilot initiative by the Port of San Francisco, you…

Once upon a time, the notion of “style” on Woodstock’s famous Tinker Street mainly consisted of tie-dyed Grateful Dead T-shirts and other 1969 concert-related merch. More recently, life circumstances delivered Heather Nicosia to Woodstock’s doorstep, where she managed to create a whimsical boutique that has elevated the village’s style game…

The planet is dying — Last Thursday, I turned my heating off. It comes on as the sun sinks as the temperature drops. The temperature hasn’t dropped for four days. Last night, as usual, I opened my bedroom window so that my bedroom cools for optimum sleep. …

The holidays represent a perilous time for me: it can bring up my trendency to over-consume and to veer off course on my spending habits. I’m an “overgiver” and so I tend to overgive my time, energy, and money to make others happy. Can anyone else relate?! But the thing…