Skip to content
×
Join our Newsletter
Join Our Newsletter
Sign in or register for your free account
Messages
Post a Listing
Your Listings
Your Profile
Your Subscriptions
Payment History
Sign Out
Registered Users
Already have an account?
Sign In
New Users
Create a free account.
Register
Sign up for Daily Headlines
Sign up for Notifications
Contact Us
Home
News
Local News
Opioid Crisis
B.C.
National
World
Covid-19
Business Wire
National Business
Local Sports
National Sports
Animal Stories
Opinion
Opinion
Letters
Submit a Letter
Blogs
Events
Life & Arts
Life
Entertainment
Food and Drink
The Mix
Driving
More Lifestyles
Features
Islander
Travel
Homes
Sponsored
Go Vancouver Island
Charities
Contests
Crossword
Local Events
Special Sections
GuidedBy
Spotlights
Gas Prices
Classifieds
Classifieds
Celebrations
Place an Ad
Now Hiring
Obituaries
View Obituaries
Place an Obituary
Connect
Contact Us
Daily Headlines Email
Subscribe
E-Edition
Search Type
Site
Listings
Search
Join our Newsletter
Home
Life
Life
Official state appetizer? Rhode Island lawmaker wants state to bestow title on calamari
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Georgia's got the peach, Maine's got the whoopie pie and now Rhode Island wants to claim calamari as an official state food: Specifically, its signature appetizer. The legislation filed this week by state Rep.
Feb 28, 2013 11:58 AM
Read more >
More flash than dash: Speedometers often show far higher top speeds than cars can travel
DETROIT - The speedometer on the Toyota Yaris says the tiny car can go 140 miles per hour. In reality, the bulbous subcompact's 106-horsepower engine and automatic transmission can't push it any faster than 109.
Feb 28, 2013 8:32 AM
Read more >
Iconic evening gowns worn by Princess Diana expected to fetch $1.2 million in London auction
LONDON - If dresses could talk, this dark navy, figure-hugging velvet number would have the best stories to tell.
Feb 28, 2013 5:09 AM
Read more >
Michelle Obama announces program to help kids get recommended daily hour of physical activity
CHICAGO - Imagine students learning their ABCs while dancing, or memorizing multiplication tables while doing jumping jacks.
Feb 28, 2013 3:02 AM
Read more >
Utah lawmakers approve bill to change liquor laws, do away with 'Zion curtain'
SALT LAKE CITY - Wine spritzers are a summer favourite at Rovali's near Salt Lake City.
Feb 27, 2013 2:28 PM
Read more >
Right at Home: The right games and toys can help keep pets happy and healthy
Our dogs are often as fat as we are, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. Family cats can look like furry ottomans. At Tufts University, they've set up an obesity clinic at the vet school. It's time to get our pets up and at 'em.
Feb 27, 2013 7:52 AM
Read more >
The office cubicle: decorating that home away from home
We focus so much energy turning a house into a home, we sometimes forget to aim our decorating genius in another notable direction: the office cubicle. Home often expresses who we are, filled as it is with accumulated treasures and trinkets.
Feb 27, 2013 7:36 AM
Read more >
Michelle Obama's anti-childhood obesity campaign prompts food industry change, enters 4th year
WASHINGTON - Wal-Mart is putting special labels on some store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items.
Feb 27, 2013 12:26 AM
Read more >
Steps by retailers, restaurants, others for Michelle Obama's anti-childhood obesity campaign
WASHINGTON - Steps that retailers, restaurants and others are taking as part of Michelle Obama's campaign to reduce childhood obesity.
Feb 27, 2013 12:26 AM
Read more >
Goodbye french fries, hello roasted fennel: New lunch program changes Phila. school cafeterias
PHILADELPHIA - It sounds more like a restaurant order than a school lunch menu: baked ziti with a side of roasted fennel salad and, for dessert, cinnamon apple rice pudding.
Feb 26, 2013 11:45 PM
Read more >
<<
<
616
617
618
619
620
621
>
>>