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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

COPEMISH, Mich.

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.

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.

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