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Mariette Nowak is helping bird lovers step up their games with Birdscaping in the Midwest: A Guide to Gardening With Native Plants to Attract Birds. Despite the regional references, the ideas can be easily transplanted to Vancouver Island.

Ida Herbert has been practising the ancient discipline since the late 1940s, after learning about it at a Toronto health club

Tub O'Towels is an amped-up version of cleaning wipes. The disposable towels were originally designed for contractors and are thicker and bigger than typical wipes.

Upcycling items isn't very difficult, even for not-so-crafty newbies

Study finds that people who describe themselves as "white Canadians" are less likely to get vaccinated

Dear Dr. Donohue: My sister just discovered that she has neuropathy. She gets tingling and burning sensations from the calves to the buttocks. Her doctor has her on amitriptyline. It makes her sleep a lot.

The Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre is a champion for the Salish Sea, providing visitors with interactive exhibits, hands-on learning and creatures galore - including touch tanks full of starfish, anemones and more.

Age of child at first vaccination might be key, research suggests

Lilies on flanks of Mount Rainier may be canary in global coal mine