Life

Community gardens, sharing-yard program offer those without property a place to plant flowers, fruit, herbs and vegetables

Walter Hose kept the Canadian navy alive through tough times, building reserve forces that later proved pivotal

Victoria woman now calls the Big Apple home and has settled into a career in the theatre business

Victoria Cross recipient joined U.K. force after Canadian military rejected him over poor eyesight

When Chile disputed the details of two new underwater craft it had ordered, the builder sold the submarines to Canada -- for 40 per cent more than the Chileans would have paid

In 1910, Canada formed its own naval defence after the Royal Navy was ordered to patrol water closer to home

How Nando's - the spicy grilled chicken chain - conquered Britain May 23, 2010: There's a story in the Guardian about how Nando's found its stride in the U.K.

Whether named for its proximity to the Parliament buildings as rumoured or its location on the mezzanine of the Bedford Regency Hotel, the Ledge is a lounge, not a restaurant per se.

March 29, 2010: I was talking to a colleague about how he and his wife always go back to the same three or four restaurants. They're nice places, the menu is familiar, the food is good.

Soy chicken at Hon's in Vancouver, $7.50. We paid a visit to Vancouver the other day in a sort of dry-run for the Olympics and headed into Chinatown for a couple of meals. Hon's Wun-Tun House is one of the restaurant mainstays in Chinatown.