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My intention today is to show how a strong dollar is allowing us to bring in wines that we may not have considered in the recent past and also how we are able to lower prices on others. This does not happen across the whole spectrum as we have to c...

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. According to Mr DeFontes, the wheels were set in mot...

Here are the top five reasons to pack your lunch — and snacks — at least twice a week: 1, Control. Do you ever wait in the lunch line only to find when you get to the front that you don’t like what they’re serving? So you reach for pizza again. A hea...

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 the SPCA. “The dogs don’t really have a preference ...

You may have heard that you should eat five servings of fruit and vegetables a day — which works out to a total of about 2½ cups. But experts actually recommend getting even more than that amount. There are no limits on the quantities of tasty fruits...

This week Young Observer focuses on healthy choices. Here are some healthy ideas for breakfast, snacks and school lunches to help you and the family make that fresh healthy start for the New Year. The web is full with healthy recipes just waiting for...

Maxene Mathias was dripping with sweat, her heart and pulse racing. Terrified, she took a taxi to the hospital where her condition was given a name: thyroid storm. The 28-year-old had only learnt she had hyperthyroidism days earlier. Lying in a bed ...

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’d interviewed with health problems in 2016. Cnthi...

Each year PartnerRe sponsors the “Dollars for Hours” initiative which generously donates $30,000 to each participating public/private school throughout Bermuda. Each school is assigned a local non-profit charity and is charged with various tasks that...

Recently, our musicians from primary and secondary at BHS travelled to the Olde Towne of St George to perform during the National Trust Walkabout. The Olde Towne looked lovely with Xmas lights strung along all the little streets and Christmas trees i...