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What do pastry chefs do on their time off? Some spend two months making one (hopefully prize-winning) gingerbread house for Canada's National Gingerbread Showcase, a festive fundraiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity Victoria.

This may be tough for parents who want to fix their children's every problem, but a study found that half of the teenagers who screened positive for depression got better in six weeks without treatment.

Kaeshammer's friends to perform at fundraiser

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Posting pictures of yourself plastered at a party and talking trash online with your Facebook friends may be more stress than it's worth now that your boss and mother want to see it all.

Nanaimo native Allison Crowe brings her Tidings concert back to Victoria on Saturday night at Fairfield United Church, with special guest Billie Woods. We have three prize packages in this week's Go Giveaway.

Women who eat a lot of soy-based foods or fibre don't seem to have fewer menopause symptoms, according to a U.S. study - the latest research to find no benefits from eating extra amounts of soy, a food abundant in dietary estro-gen.

Dear doctors: I am 71 years old and have been diagnosed with chronic heart failure. In October of last year, I had triple-bypass surgery, but now I'm in good health. Some things I have read about chronic heart failure are unnerving.

With a herd of reindeer taking him wherever he has to go around the world, Santa doesn't get to do much running - until it's time for the Santa Shuffle Fun Run & Elf Walk. Choose between a 5-km fun run and a 1-km walk.

With a little planning, a little help and a lot of resolve, holiday entertaining doesn't have to mean you're too stressed out to enjoy your own party.