Living

It's official! The federal political landscape in Canada has changed from a Conservative-led government to a Liberal one. There are proposed changes on the horizon that could impact your portfolio, retirement plans and personal income taxes.

We've all been there. Cycling along an empty street, you come to a stop sign. You are progressing at a reasonable pace, but it would be real work to stop and start back up again.

I slipped the cut-out hole over Raider's shoulders and adjusted the plush spikes that ran along the back of the costume's body. "How's that little man?" He looked up at me with his usual wide-mouthed grin and I giggled.

Community members interested in preventative health are encouraged to attend an upcoming forum seeing a range of local doctors and healthcare professionals team up with a goal of informing and empowering those in attendance to live their best lives.

The Book of the Dog by Angus Hyland and Kendra Wilson (Laurence King Publisher, 159 pages) $20.

Tipping servers has its pros and cons but is a well-established norm in the eatery biz

How and why Jonathan Chovancek first became a chef is worth another story on its own. He’d much rather talk about why he has stayed with cooking: the people; the people he has worked with and the people he has cooked for.

Take a walk through the community garden at Queen Mary elementary and you may see something you didn’t expect: fruit trees. Pears, cherries, apples, and plums, are all part of the “food forest,” as staff at the Edible Garden Project refer to it.

In 1975, a group of eight friends decided to publish a cookbook. That may not sound like a big deal nowadays, but it was back then.

Fashion firecracker Miriam Alden recently sent her brand of cheekily-phrased sweatshirts and on-trend threads down the runway at Vancouver Fashion Week earlier this month.