Life

The elegant woman looked out of place as she rolled and coiled her lump of Play-Doh while teenagers nearby hunched intently over their own drawings and sculptures. She playfully offered a taste of her completed creation to the younger artists.

It has been said that “Blood is our destiny.” Or that “Bad hens have bad eggs.” Scores of studies show genetics plays a huge role in whether or not we develop malignancy.

The bumper-to-bumper traffic on Esquimalt Road from Admirals to Lampson said it all. It explained why Celebration Stations like one at Esquimalt’s Memorial Park have become so popular.

Last week, a mother had a question about her young daughter’s habit of hitting: “My five-year-old daughter hits when she’s angry — usually, she lashes out at her sister or me (not, to my knowledge, at friends).

ATLANTA — After a busy school year filled with early mornings, homework, soccer practices and the list goes on and on, it’s nice to let loose during the summer. Kick back. Sleep in. Be lazy ...

Just returned from my vacation. And I’m as happy to be back in Victoria as Rob Ford returning home from a press conference. Why? Well, apparently, while on holidays, you have to keep your wits about you.

To treat her severe neck pain, free-diver Jill Yoneda faced the possibility she would never again glide in the ocean to depths of 55 metres.

In 1907, Canada’s Department of Indian Affairs sent Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce to investigate residential schools in Manitoba and the N.W.T. Bryce found dilapidated buildings, tuberculosis and shocking death rates.

It was a perfect storm of climate, conditions and camaraderie at Swiftsure Central on Thursday evening.

Does the doctor always know best? Normally, yes.