This week, I want to explain the often misunderstood, frequently dreaded concept: The Matrimonial Home. Spoiler Alert – although I have tried to simplify the concept, if you dislike math, I expect you will dislike this column!

Each week, I will remind you that this colu...

When the Liberal Party of Canada unceremoniously disposed of Stephane Dion, I confidently predicted that they would select Justin Trudeau as the new leader because the LPC, a party that views themselves as the rightful ruling party, after years outside the PMO, were ac...

During the first snow event of the 2019 fall season some Muskoka residents woke up to a freezing house, myself included, due to a power outage. Now that would be tolerable if I didn't know the fact that it will happen again once more, twice, or thrice in the next few w...

With a potential teacher’s strike on the horizon for Ontario parents, Muskoka Post sent some fairly poignant questions to Karin Bratina, the local Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario representative.

We were hoping to bring you a question and answer format, unfortu...

Welcome readers! I’m excited to be writing a regular column again, and hope you will find value in reading each week. For those of you who don’t know me, I am a family lawyer, mediator and divorce coach in Huntsville Ontario, where I have practiced since 1997.

Today, I...

Cheri McLeod 

I’ve never had trouble making friends in the past. I’m the sort of person who can make a friend in a grocery store checkout line or waiting at a bus stop. I’m compassionate, friendly and generally interested to learn something from everyone. So imagine my...

Tired of always setting out the same boring cheese board when entertaining for friends. Thinking one day, you will create one of those beautifully styled charcuterie boards that you see on Pinterest!

As a baker of sweets, and not many savoury dishes, the cookbook ON BOA...

It really isn't a surprise that with a constant plug attached to the entire world 🌎 life can be pretty overwhelming some days for an average adult let alone our youth. 

According to health stats   1 in 5 teens in Muskoka suffer from depression and anxiety. I imagine th...