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Menswear for the fall season is a study in style contrasts with apparel big on colour, prints and patterns but decidedly lean in look with a trimmer silhouette.

Dear Eric: Do you have a cranberry cheesecake recipe? I would like to serve it for Thanksgiving along with my pumpkin pie. Barb Dear Barb: I love making cheesecake and experimenting with different ways to flavour it.

This is the first in a new series of stories called Tales from the Vault, in which staff of the Greater Victoria Public Library explore the history of Victoria. Louis the parrot no longer rules the roost in Victoria.

Neil Patrick Harris is adding "author" to his extensive resume. The actor, singer, director, producer and perennial awards show host plans to release a memoir chronicling his life from Doogie Howser, M.D.

Scientists reported this week that they succeeded in creating tiny medical devices sealed in silk cocoons that did the work they were designed for, then dissolved in the bodies of lab mice.

John Scott has seen quite the evolution in foods bound for Canadian supermarket shelves over the years.

Tablet computers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a new take on the 1990s' Furby are the hot toys retailers and manufacturers hope will spark a rebound from a dismal 2011 holiday season, according to a closely watched "Most Wanted" list released Fri

Adrian Raeside digs into family lore for the Royal B.C. Museum's Race to the End of the Earth exhibit

When a wet dog shakes himself dry, he does something amazing. He hits just the right rhythm to maximize the drying effect with minimal effort.

According to the first two episodes of Chef Race, the United States is a nation of grillers. Please pass the bison burgers. A new reality show made for BBC America, it pits 16 chefs split into two teams, in a race across the U.S.