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On the hunt: Tips for students and new graduates seeking summer jobs

TORONTO - From extra money to experience, securing summer work can offer plenty of potential rewards for youth — it's landing the job that can be challenging.
Volunteers make prom a special experience for students at Alaska boarding school

Volunteers make prom a special experience for students at Alaska boarding school

SITKA, Alaska - For girls, proms are all about the dresses. Kayla Wolfe just never imagined what it would take to pick one. First, there was what felt like a million questions.
This is your chance to cast your vote for your favourite (or not) comics in the Times Colonist

This is your chance to cast your vote for your favourite (or not) comics in the Times Colonist

Is Hagar simply horrible? Is it time to bid farewell to Blondie and Garfield? Everyone has their favourite comics — and ones they can do without. The Times Colonist would like to know what you think of our current roster.
Dog owners lobby Colorado lawmakers for police training to avoid deadly pet shootings

Dog owners lobby Colorado lawmakers for police training to avoid deadly pet shootings

DENVER - Dog lovers concerned about recent cases where law enforcement officers fatally shot people's pets are lobbying Colorado lawmakers on a bill to train officials on how to handle canine encounters.
Hell hath no fury like a Beverly Hills restaurant scorned; no-shows called out on Twitter

Hell hath no fury like a Beverly Hills restaurant scorned; no-shows called out on Twitter

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - When 20 per cent of your dinner reservations don't show, what's a restaurant owner to do? Usually nothing; it's an unsavoury fact of restaurant life that not everyone who says they'll be there, will.
Don't till, do mulch, and other secrets of (nearly) weedless gardening

Don't till, do mulch, and other secrets of (nearly) weedless gardening

For a time many years back, I would become nervous every time I went out to my garden to weed. The weeds were so few that I feared something was wrong with the soil.
From quilting to painting, simple guidelines can help you work well with colour

From quilting to painting, simple guidelines can help you work well with colour

Artists and craftspeople know that the colours they choose — and leave out — are critical ingredients in their works' success, no matter the medium. Colour done well is captivating. Color done badly? It's just bad. Or drab.
Michelle Obama challenges kids with healthy lunch contest, will host second kid 'state dinner'

Michelle Obama challenges kids with healthy lunch contest, will host second kid 'state dinner'

WASHINGTON - Children from across the nation will rub elbows with Michelle Obama and dine off fine china in the East Room of the White House this summer as part of a contest to promote healthy eating.
Ask a Designer: Done right, plants can add life and style to any room

Ask a Designer: Done right, plants can add life and style to any room

Warm weather and the first buds of spring have been slow to arrive in much of the country. But even if your garden has yet to grow, you can add beauty, fragrance and a sense of springtime to your home by decorating with lush plants and potted trees.
Peel away problems of hard-boiled eggs

Peel away problems of hard-boiled eggs

Sometimes it’s the simplest things that are the most confounding. Last year, right before Easter, I blogged about how to make a perfect hard-boiled egg. Basic? Yes. Popular? Very. This seemingly simple task received tens of thousands of page views.