Life

"Chester Raccoon stood at the edge of the forest and cried. 'I don't want to go to school,' he told his mother. 'I want to stay home with you. I want to play with my friends. And play with my toys. And read my books. And swing on my swing.

RINGTOWN, Pa.

If there’s one phrase unlikely to be uttered by Canadians this season, it’s “hold the whipped cream.

More than 50 people study the unconventional menus at what organizers are calling Canada’s first death café, before diving into conversation. The first entrée is consumed with the experience of loss.

TORONTO - Canadian scientists have made a major discovery about how cancer spreads: tumour cells appear to co-opt normal cells around them, in effect "talking" them into helping the cancer set up shop in other parts of the body.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Jennifer Perry isn't much of a drinker. Never has been, yet she's ready every New Year's Eve for the inevitable attention when she's out trying to have a good time. "I don't care if everyone at the table orders a drink but me.

My wife is all excited because this year, we’re on the Times Colonist Christmas-light map. We’re not a designated Christmas-light house or anything. But if you follow the map, you’ll drive past our place. So technically, we’re part of it.

A children’s story inspired by a Vancouver Island philanthropist who took Santa Claus to kids in small coastal villages is now available for all to enjoy.

The first and biggest blunder at the office Christmas party is treating it as a social affair, says a Victoria etiquette expert.

NEW YORK — The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is expanding its venue and adding two new breeds, the Russell Terrier and Treeing Walker Coonhound, for a total of 187 that will vie for the Best in Show.