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“And she'll have fun, fun, fun ’til her daddy takes the T-Bird away” — From the 1964 song Fun Fun Fun written by Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Mike Love Remember how it felt the day you traded in your learner’s permit for a full-fledged driver’s licenc

My kids get a lot of free time in the summer, hanging around the house and yard, eating Popsicles and playing with the water hose. The lack of organized activities after 10 solid months of non-stop school and lessons is important, I think.

Peaches with your Puccini? Mojitos with Mozart? Brewskis and a hoagie may suffice for a run-of-the-mill picnic, but when the venue involves arias in the park or opera in the vineyards, picnickers yearn for slightly swankier fare.

Camping and gourmet cooking: two pastimes that are seemingly mutually exclusive.

Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The nation’s pediatricians keep saying that television can be harmful for babies and toddlers, but this time, they mean it literally.

If Matthew Stowe ever became Speaker of the House, chances are question period would become a whisper-quiet affair. British Columbia’s MLAs, like the rest of us, aren’t supposed to speak with their mouths full, after all.

The longboard, a recent arrival primarily reserved for high-speed downhill glides, is something lawmakers will soon likely have to deal with, says Vancouver Island’s chief medical health officer.

Tamara Lukie once went through 18 Band-Aids in one day after her two sons, Callym and Oscar, started skateboarding. But as far as Tamara is concerned, cuts, scrapes and bruises are just part of boyhood.

A study released this week gives a clear idea of just how much users can get attached to their devices.

SEATTLE — Taking fish-oil supplements or even eating too much fatty fish may be linked to an increased risk for prostate cancer, according to a new study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.