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Chopped peanuts and flaked coconut form a savoury-sweet crust for fresh scallops. Sauté the scallops and serve them on a bed of sautéed spinach flavoured with coconut milk.

You may have heard advice to dine out less often if you want to weigh less. That’s like telling people to leave their cars in the garage if they want to avoid getting into an automobile accident. To improve road safety, we need driver’s education.

Where: McPherson Playhouse When: Until May 12 Tickets: 250-386-6121 Rating: Four stars (out of five) --------------------------------- When we heard Victoria Operatic Society would venture out of its Broadway comfort zone to stage a musical as ambiti

Vice-regal visit delights performers, patrons and behind-the-scenes workers at popular community theatre

Dear Eric: Would you happen to have a fairly easy recipe for butter chicken? Diane Dear Diane: There are many marvellous Indian dishes but, for many Canadians, butter chicken is the favourite.

Last week, a parent wrote about a 15-year-old who won’t do his schoolwork. “The problem began when he entered his teens, and has become progressively worse. He is very bright, but totally uninterested in getting his work done.

NEW YORK — These moms curse a lot, drink to excess, reveal scary truths and draw twisted little stick figures of their kids pooping and whining relentlessly. And this Mother’s Day, they’re bringing their derelict parenting to you.

As we all know, there are no greater villains in modern society than smokers. With that in mind, non-smokers are stepping up the offensive.

Authors and illustrators of children’s literary classics such as The Alien Guy Named Bob and Super Raccoon Learns to Jump gathered in Victoria Thursday to compare stories and ideas.

The doodle. We’ve all done it, during a classroom lecture or a meeting at work. At first glance, it’s a trivial waste of time.