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It is heartening to see interest growing in how we treat precious land and how we farm. To some, however, having organic on the label still portrays a feeling of “kinky”; that the product belongs on “a higher-priced, special organic space on the shel...

Samantha Warren was a ball of nerves as she waited to walk the runway in her first fashion show. But once she stepped on to the stage, she felt like she was home. “I felt so confident in the clothes I was wearing,” she said. “Everyone was looking at ...

They play eight instruments — each. Unsurprisingly, once Kimberly and Michelle Cann start talking about music it’s difficult to get a word in. “The beauty of music is that it really is a mode of human expression,” said Kimberly, who, like her younger...

Hogan helped make The Wizard of Oz a hit in October.Few in the audience would have guessed it was the papillon’s acting debut: he ran into Dorothy’s arms, and barked on command, without fail. Owner Maureen Burke would probably say it is because the 6...

Dear Heather, We recently went to look at a condo for sale. It is in a small development but apparently the developer still owns them. If we bought it we would be paying the monthly maintenance fees, but we would be the only ones. How does that work?...

Boyd Smith sobbed when he was told he had to drop out of school. He had dreamt of becoming an architect. “Two of my older sisters went to Berkeley,” the 90-year-old said. “My father, Seward, couldn’t afford to send me also. “There was only one schol...

Elizabeth Player thought it would be a cinch to write a romance novel. She’d read a lot of them, and done tons of research. To her, the plots seemed pretty formulaic. And then she tried to put pen to paper. “It was really hard!” she said. “I cut and ...

No progress is too little for Samantha Hillier. Having witnessed the wheelchair-bound ride and the speech-impaired sing, the WindReach instructor extols the healing power of horses. Being around the animals is her biggest reward. “The connection betw...

The No Trump bid at bridge is often at the centre of many bidding sequences — in most cases it is a very exact and descriptive bid and as a result should hand over “captaincy” of the auction to your partner. For instance, when you open 1NT you tell ...

Model Sophie Fraser-Smith died tragically last summer, but her memory lives on in the London fashion world. The Sophie Fraser-Smith Models Model Award is now part of the annual Top Model Worldwide competition. It will be given to the finalist most no...