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Upcycling is the new recycling

It's about finding fresh uses for old things, rather than breaking down original material

Activists, experts seek rights for Afghan women

TALK What: Courage to Learn: Education for Afghan women and girls When: 7 p.m. Monday Where: St. Aidan's United Church, 3703 St. Aidan's St.

Popular kids grow to be healthier adults

Children who are popular at school not only enjoy more friends and peer respect but also grow up to be healthier adults, a 30-year Swedish study has found.

Autumn's bounty both colourful and delicious

In these times of exploding interest in home garden food production, autumn is the new spring.

Run offers hope for cure

Husband picks up fundraising mantle for wife with breast cancer

Two roads to Brussels

A peek at different cookbooks reveals there's more than one way to serve up sprouts

Anyone for haiku? Don't forget the frog

With some free time on my hands (having mislaid my copy of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu and nothing good on Oprah) I decided to write some haiku poems about Ollie the Pug. Do you know haiku? It's an ancient Japanese poetry form.

My obsession with orange juice points

I’m down in the basement, picking through empty cartons of not-from-concentrate Tropicana orange juice. They are on standby for a trip to the bottle depot. Quite a few of them are on standby. Any day now, they’ll make their journey. Since they are 1.

Z is for Zambri

Who: Jo Zambri Lives: Victoria Why she's here: Co-owner of the award-winning Zambri's restaurant; dedication to fine service; will-succeed attitude; expert knowledge of food and wine.

Cares set aside for a run

Every Step Counts for a group of homeless people who beat their troubles on the double