Highlights

Books for the Times Colonist book drive and sale will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (April 20-21) at the Victoria Curling Club at 1952 Quadra St.

Big Sugar would go on to have bigger records and hotter singles during their career, but Five Hundred Pounds remains the band’s most beloved artistic endeavour.

Canadian College of Performing Arts to get creative for its upcoming production of the East Coast classic, which spans eight performances at the McPherson Playhouse starting Friday.

Arts writer Mike Devlin picks his favourite upcoming events, including Ice Cube at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on Tuesday, April 23.

Never lonely, I enjoyed that I could choose when to be on my own.

In this Asian-style chicken dish, thighs and drumsticks are baked and basted with a honey ginger glaze that’s also flavoured with other palate-pleasing ingredients.

TORONTO — The federal budget is being met with disdain from Canada's innovation industry, including tech darling Shopify, which called the capital gains measures in the fiscal plan a potential cause of "irreparable harm.

"The prediction is the beetle can bounce back and attack more," said the lead researcher from the University of Alberta.

OTTAWA — A 1970s Canada Post building in Alberta and stone Quebec City army barracks dating back to 1856 are just some of the public lands the Liberal government plans to turn into homes.

Local veteran paddler surprised by close encounter with 20-plus Pacific white-sided dolphins.