Life

Society needs heroes to rejuvenate, re-energize and renew itself with visions of the possible. That’s what heroes do. Roberta Bondar, first Canadian woman in space. Heroes are mirrors.

More than 400 years ago, Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, realized the importance of sound teeth.

1. Every year Air Canada’s enRoute Magazine publishes its list of Canada’s top new restaurants. In 2013, this establishment ranked number one: a) Bar Isabel, Toronto 2.

With Canada Day just around the corner, I thought this would be the perfect time to publish another edition of my Canada Food Quiz. You’ll find the answers to questions one through 19 on page C3.

Brick-walled, tin-roofed and windowless, there’s nothing remarkable about the large, rundown shack squatting in a rural field outside the city of Patna in northeast India. It’s an ugly building, but what’s inside is uglier still.

Skin cancer is one of the most preventable types of malignancy. But, the Cancer Society says, it is also one of the fastest increasing. The number of new cases is now greater than the combined number of new colon, lung, breast and prostate cancers.

Henri Lock Retired educator Terry Dance-Bennink took a huge step of courage that changed her life.

The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria is calling artists to paint en plein air. Applications are open for artists wishing to participate in Paint in the Park, a Saturday celebration of the arts planned for Sept. 13.

Two Mount Douglas students took a fix-all item from Dad’s workshop to the splendor of their high-school graduation and have earned a chance at scholarships.