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Magic of Christmas at Butchart Gardens, daily from Dec. 1 to Jan. 6, 2013 For info: www.butchartgardens.com/planning-your-visit/the-5-seasons/christmas.html A Christmas Carol - continuing through Dec. 16 at the Belfry Theatre, info at: belfry.bc.

Stomach fat also linked with heart disease, Type 2 diabetes

Santa Claus is rumoured to be paying an early visit to Ladysmith tonight to help the community kick off its month-long Festival of Lights.

Dance Victoria presents Goh Ballet's Nutcracker When: Friday 7: 30 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m. and 7: 30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.

Saturday's Dickens Fair in James Bay is one of the oldest fairs in Victoria. Organizers tout their fair as handmade, homemade and homegrown. The fair has been an annual community tradition since the 1970s.

Aside from being the season of goodwill toward all, Christmas can be terribly expensive. Not to worry. Help is here. We all know most of the cost is connected with Christmas presents. Everyone expects one. If you don't fork out, you're known as a Mr.

Dear doctors: I am 74 years old and recently was hospitalized with pneumonia. While there, I had X-rays and CT scans. I have never smoked, but I have been exposed to a lot of second-hand smoke. I have been diagnosed with asthma and emphysema.

Joyful and downright giddy. That's how friends, colleagues and culinary icons Elizabeth Baird and Rose Murray sounded in a lively conversation I had with them about Canadian cuisine.

The flight of fancy left the ground as I was rinsing my curls. The label on the shampoo bottle declared that its prime content was "natural cucumber.

Stump-grinding, chainsaw, vinegar mix, limed soil among ways to weaken, remove plants