of “green excercise,” a catch-all term for activity done in natural settings. Environmental factors such as better air quality and lower noise pollution almost certainly play a role. So, too, do psychological factors such as stress reduction.A small business closes after 35 years selling food at Halifax farmers’ markets – and learns what a big impact it hadHandout
My parents’ food stall at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market never had a sign, so when people would ask where they could find them I would tell them they’re behind the butcher. When the butcher shop closed, I’d say, “They’re across from the florist.” But not long ago; the flower business left too. And now, as of Feb. 6, their business is gone as well.
For more than 35 years, my Taiwanese immigrant parents made and sold food at farmers’ markets in Halifax. Like many new immigrants, Pi-Yeng and Yi-Chiao Chen didn’t have a lot of money, didn’t speak much English and had limited employment options when they arrived in Canada. After a short-lived attempt at running a convenience store, they settled on a Chinese food counter and a sandwich shop in a food court as the businesses they would build.
My parents were not successful in the standard ways of measuring the value of a business. They hadn’t grown to multiple locations, it wasn’t worth a tidy sum of money, they didn’t have a team of employees. And my mother still had to work every day. But judging by the incredible turnout and outpouring of support during their final business days earlier this month, they were more successful than they could have ever imagined.Evening Update is presented by S.R. Slobodian. If you’d like to receive this newsletter by e-mail every weekday evening, go
This government just is incapable of taking a stance on anything despite an overwhelming number of Canadians believing it is genocide. Trudeau is one of the most ineffective politicians this country endured.
pitiful performance by cabinet —- what country do you represent ? can you not take a position on anything !!
Internment and re-education is wrong but it certainly is not genocide. The motion voted for is wrong. Just the same way as internment and re-education of First Nations people was wrong but certainly not genocide. False accusations increases unnecessary tension with no solutions
MaryamMonsef Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic dev didn't even show up to vote. A Muslim Woman...
The only enemy facing Canada is our blind-minded arrogance. Falling behind China from 5G telecom to vaccines, out space exploration, to high-speed trains. With a genocide history against natives and racism against minorities yet still on moral high ground? Shame on us!
How is PM and his cabinet abstaining not the headline?
What is % of ppl is related to Covid death in Africa bet you much smaller..sad picture about a society which depends on big farma and needle for immunity instead of health lifestyle and natural immunity!