: About Me

My first "journalism" experience was an assignment to write a faux news article documenting one of the New Testament miracles for my Grade 4 catechism class at Veritas Elementary School in Terrace, B.C. I was hooked.

A career in journalism was not in the cards, however, and over the past twenty years I have amassed a wide range of work experience.

I proudly attained the rank of Associate in the Insurance Institute of Canada (now known as a CIP) after two years of independant study while working as an adjuster for an auto insurance company.   I also spend four years working in Workers' Compensation as a an adjudicator. 

When insurance work wasn't available in one small community in which I lived, I had the opportunity to go from passionate volunteer to dedicated employee for the SPCA.  Always an animal lover, the year I spent working in the shelter was both exhilarating and heartbreaking.  I now know far more about the various infections and parasites that attack stray animals than I ever thought or wanted to know.  But I also know the joy of uniting a cast off animal with a new and forever, loving home.

I have lived in several places across Canada:  Terrace, B.C., Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, and Goderich, ON, and one American city, Asheville, N.C.  I love to travel, and have travelled extensively around North America and, regrettable only once, to Europe.

I share my home with my husband and our spoiled cat, Gracie.

Pets & Animals > Cat Care & Health Why cats shouldn't eat canned tuna fish

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Every cat owner that has tempted their pet with canned tuna knows two things for certain: 1. They love it, and 2. They can never use the electric can opener again, if they want a moment’s peace. There is simply no debating that cats love fish. Given that their ancestors and current wild cousins are not great consumers of fish, this may seem a bit odd. After all, their anatomy and physiology is much more suited to catching rodents than hundred pound tunas. But love it they do. What pet owners may not know, however, is that canned human grade tun...

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