Articles written by Home & Family contributors, home economists across the Prairies
Marina Cewick (B.H.Ecol.) & Kerstin Roger (PhD) Each year, personal care homes host community walks for International Elder Abuse Awareness Day (IEAAD). This year, that likelihood seems grim. Many personal …
How will the organization(s) you belong to survive the pandemic? Perhaps you were required to shift your operations to allow staff to work from home. Alternatively, you made the difficult …
When it comes to natural gas safety, it’s important to know how to recognize the warning signs of a natural gas leak both inside and outside your home and then …
Many Manitobans have experienced basement flooding. During the spring thaw and throughout the summer, take precautions to stay safe if water threatens your lower level. In a flood situation both …
By Jenny Giesbrecht, PHEc In a time where all you have is time – do you ever feel like you wasted the day? Although our routines have been thrown out …
What’s yellow, has four arms, flies and is a popular safety mascot? It’s Louie the Lightning Bug! If you’re looking for some fun activities to do with young students in …
While we don’t often think about it, we rely on electricity for almost everything we do – it keeps us warm, makes our homes bright, allows us to access all …
Updated April 2020 by Darren Fife, PHEc Yards can be made more environmentally friendly with little or no cost and some reorganization of time, activity and plant varieties. Try some …
By Tressa Alexiuk, PHEcWhile those not dealing with the very worst of the global COVID-19 outbreak are fortunate, everyone is affected to some degree by the stresses of adaptation and …
By Kendra Monk, PHEc “Hello! My name is Kendra, and I am a teen clinic counsellor. Have you ever been to a teen clinic before?” This is often how I …
