Allana Polo is the founder of Polo Health + Longevity Centre, specializing in weight management hormone health and longevity medicine.
“Science is an art, and we are complex human beings and emotional beings. I wrote The Hunger Code to bridge both—the biology of hunger with the psychology of eating.” FULL STORY
“Manny Meyer, an aspiring musician whose father had a career in the military, could not see the point of the… FULL STORY
“Marketed as genre-defying, Julian NoiseCat weaves memoir, traditional stories and reportage into an unconventional whole. I found myself reading it… FULL STORY
“By 1957, a Maclean’s magazine article on ‘The Scramble for the Teen-Age Dollar’ explained that retailers and advertisers were ‘out-hustling… FULL STORY
“When I am in an unusual or uncertain situation, I am supremely present. All other thoughts drop away—only the present… FULL STORY
“But I was not prepared for what I saw. There were chain-link fences and signs that read: Any person who… FULL STORY
“I believed with every fibre of my being that Medicare was a sacred trust, that we couldn’t go back to… FULL STORY
“Each new generation brings fresh challenges the last one didn’t see, demanding new looks at new concerns. Cell phones, new… FULL STORY
“One workday [Colin] meets a solitary being, ‘tall and cadaverous and dressed in a three-piece suit the colour of dried… FULL STORY
“[The story] is a historical artefact centred on a pivotal year in Canadian history and in a broader transformative decade,… FULL STORY
“[Daniel] Craig’s greatest legacy may be that he introduced journalistic standards: he wanted fact-based, objective reporting.”—reviewer, Mark Forsythe on a… FULL STORY
“After arriving at the airport or Greyhound terminal I would find my way to a hotel or motel room downtown… FULL STORY
“DeCroo’s photos have spotlit a Vancouver that’s about something more than unlimited growth and runaway commerce.”—Mike Usinger, Georgia Straight senior… FULL STORY
“Honest in the bone, [the story] unfolds with the mastery of a wise, seasoned storyteller that your gut tells you… FULL STORY
“People who are damaged can’t make good choices, or rarely. Crystal [the novel’s main protagonist] has passed on the damage… FULL STORY
“The learning on the boat was a slow, immersive process,” says Alan Haig-Brown, adding “university was an intense rush of… FULL STORY
Mia is now in secondary school dealing with the loss of her white best friend. In the midst of balancing… FULL STORY
As industrial logging of old growth forests continues amidst protests, Christine Lowther bears witness to the blockade over thirty years… FULL STORY
The Mundays wrote stories about their discoveries that were published across the country, setting off a national craze to conquer… FULL STORY
Now extinct, the Coast Salish Woolly Dog was a beloved companion, sacred kin and valuable textile source as its silky,… FULL STORY
