In high school, Julie Irvine spent many sleepless nights worrying about exams. Physics and maths were her weak spots. When finally faced with the test she would go completely blank.
“I’d have to real...
If you live in Pedralba, Spain, everyone knows your business. Which is exactly what Eugene Carmichael was trying to avoid when he moved there 18 years ago.
“There are 2,000 people here,” laughed the ...
Ronnie Lopes’ passions don’t often merge.
The 59-year-old is a poultry lover, with 70 chickens in his back yard. He also loves entertaining a crowd.
“I sing and I play the drums,” he said. “And no, I ...
Michael DeFontes suspected his dog Bette was a bit of a diva, but a pin-up girl?
The four-year-old papillon is the face of January in a calendar that’s likely travelling Canada’s dog-show circuit.
Ac...
When it comes to literature, canines aren’t very choosy.
Eight-year-old Billie-Rose Kempe knows this for a fact.
Every Friday afternoon the Warwick Academy student spends an hour reading to dogs at t...
Six months after a kidney transplant, Simone Barton has a new lease on life.
Randy Edwards also has chronic kidney disease but hasn’t been as lucky, yet.
Lifestyle checked in this week with people we’...
Retired Bishop Ewen Ratteray remembers the exact day he chose the ministry. January 21, 1961.
“I was 19,” he said. “I don’t remember anything about the date, except that this was when I knew what Go...
Don’t bother asking Wil Anderson anything about koala bears.
Yes he’s Australian, but he’s also a comedian who loves making things up.
“It’s always the first thing people outside Australia ask me,” sa...
Almost every great calypso singer has a nickname, Terron Webbe calls himself Invincible.
The 11-year-old becomes one of the good guys in his beloved cartoons whenever he gets on stage.
He loves how t...
Elizabeth Wyer was so nervous during her audition she thought she’d blown it.
A place with the National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain was at stake.
And the eight-year-old, who started taking ...
