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Liver patients seek volunteers for transplant recovery in Vancouver

Liver patients seek volunteers for transplant recovery in Vancouver

A liver transplant saved Stephen Farmer’s life, and the View Royal man has his mother to thank. Farmer, 55, contracted hepatitis C several years ago, possibly in his late teens, from an unknown source.
Ask Eric: How to make a marinade

Ask Eric: How to make a marinade

Dear Eric: I’d like a recipe for a marinade, primarily for beef or pork, made of normal ingredients found at home.

The Doctor Game: Meat and potatoes issue

Asking for a steak served blue is, in my opinion, the easiest way to get a steak cooked rare — the way I like it.

Global Voices: Spread the kindness

As a young man in his 20s, Stanley Burrell was a Christian missionary, going door to door in East Palo Alto, a town southeast of San Francisco on the “wrong side of the tracks.
Around Town: At the Fringe launch

Around Town: At the Fringe launch

A cynical producer who once said staging theatre in Canada is no picnic should have visited Centennial Square on Tuesday. The launch party there for Intrepid Theatre’s 10-day Fringe Theatre Festival couldn’t have been more picnic-like.

Faith Forum: When two realities collide

SOSHIN McMURCHY Times are confusing. We’re undeniably heading into climate change, and yet I live in beauty; I harvest delicious bounty from my small garden; I enjoy the humming of bees around the fennel.
Life Lines: Wearing a mini skirt reveals our mental age

Life Lines: Wearing a mini skirt reveals our mental age

“The older you get, the more important it is not to act your age.” — Anonymous It called to me, the short, short skirt patterned in bold blotches of black and white. The price was right and the money was in my pocket.
Mr. Dad: Overprotective parents are bad for kids

Mr. Dad: Overprotective parents are bad for kids

Dear Mr. Dad: I’ve read stories about people having ID numbers etched into their children’s teeth, and not letting their kids play outside. Like most parents, I want to protect my kids, but I think we’ve gone overboard.

Study: Savers are more attractive than spenders

Behaving like Scrooge is typically not the best way to win points with a date. But a new study concludes that many love-seekers think savers are actually more attractive than spenders.
Baby Makes Six: Thoughts of school beat late-summer doldrums

Baby Makes Six: Thoughts of school beat late-summer doldrums

As a child, I was the weird one in my neighbourhood; I loved going back to school. New shoes, clothes, and school supplies were great, but what I enjoyed most was going back to class itself.