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If there's room for a window box, there's room for a garden

If there's room for a window box, there's room for a garden

Sometimes the best view isn't what you see through a window but what catches your eye underneath it. Window boxes deliver colour, edibles and fragrance. They're practical, too, as raised-bed gardens that elevate their contents to within easy reach.
Breakfast for dinner brings out the kid in all of us

Breakfast for dinner brings out the kid in all of us

I’m not of the pancakes-for-dinner set. There are advocates, of course (mostly among kids), but my breakfast-for-dinner craving runs more toward huevos rancheros.

Foodborne illness analysis shows chicken, ground beef are riskiest meats

WASHINGTON - An analysis of more than 33,000 cases of foodborne illness shows that ground beef and chicken have caused more hospitalizations than other meats.
Super Bowl will get audience and ratings, but puppies and kittens will get first ever homes

Super Bowl will get audience and ratings, but puppies and kittens will get first ever homes

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - It's a Super Bowl matchup for the ages: cats vs. dogs.

Book reveals the spice of life — and death, slavery, opium

The next time you grind a little black pepper on your steak, think about this: The pepper trade was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people, the enslavement of countless others, the establishment of the opium trade in India and the extincti
A medical triumph: 1 week later, all Boston bomb patients are likely to survive; 14 lost limbs

A medical triumph: 1 week later, all Boston bomb patients are likely to survive; 14 lost limbs

BOSTON - In a glimmer of good news after last week's tragedy, all of the more than 180 people injured in the Boston Marathon blasts who made it to a hospital alive now seem likely to survive.
After 2 decades of tracking down world's oldest trees, group ready to begin planting clones

After 2 decades of tracking down world's oldest trees, group ready to begin planting clones

COPEMISH, Mich.

CALENDAR, April 20 and 21: Swing into Spring; Earth Day Walk; Chili Cook Off

SATURDAY, APRIL 20 Swing into Spring with the Chris Millington Big Band, 7:30 p.m. at Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney. Tickets at marywinspear.ca or tel. 250-656-0275.
Mariel Hemingway finds happiness in a simple life

Mariel Hemingway finds happiness in a simple life

LOS ANGELES — Mariel Hemingway, makeup-free and in sweats, is gorgeous. That bone structure, her cheetah-like build and flowing hair have been familiar for decades.

Marc and Craig Kielburger: Global Voices — U.K. model fosters social entrepreneurs

In this era of chronically tight government budgets, consider this: Every year while Canadians spend billions of dollars on jails, courts and police to prevent convicted criminals from re-offending — with mixed results at best — a prison outside Lond