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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.

Alison Paine is a senior government manager, but she is also the mother of three boys. That gives Paine, executive director of accounts management for the B.C.

MINNEAPOLIS — Jared Sieling’s first experiment was on his diet. For weeks, he diligently recorded everything he ate until the data revealed a nutritional gap: not enough protein. Next, he strapped on a device to monitor his activity level.

Dear Eric: Since moving to the West Coast several years ago from Nova Scotia, I am unable to make a decent Yorkshire pudding or popover I used to pride myself for Down East.

At night, young Carl Abou Samah’s dreams were haunted by the terrifying vision of a soldier gunning a man down. For years, he believed it to be a nightmare. Then at 16, he learned the truth from a visiting aunt.