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Steel Toad 97 East 2nd | 604-709-8623 | SteelToad.ca Open Monday-Friday, 11am-late; Saturday-Sunday, 10am-late. At first glance, the large cavernous space that houses this new brewery and “dining hall” on East 2nd is somewhat off-putting.

I love off-the-grid dining! Far too often we forget about restaurants not located within the downtown core or popular neighbourhoods. Often we don't bother to look outside our own bubble.

Chef Paul Moran , recipient of the Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship, is now a Canadian semifinalist in the global San Pellegrino Young Chef 2015 competition . Moran will be competing against chefs from around the world in Milan in June.

When I mention things like yoga or meditation, people often look me up and down like I'm a sage-burning hippie that sits in a room full of candles chanting (which I have totally done, BTW). Resistance is met.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Is there a patron saint of advertising or a goddess of marketing or a power animal that rules publicity and promotion? If so, I'm going to find out, then pray to them in your behalf.

Two years ago I went to the Adult Video News (AVN) Awards in Las Vegas to write a feature on the porn industry. During that week, I saw a lot of silicone.

Portland, Oreg. think tank City Observatory issued a report last month pointing to persistent poverty rather than gentrification as the key challenge cities face.

We start our first Braking News of 2015 with a rumour that’s been around as long as the exclamation point.

“I have a very large witch hazel Pallida. Mine produces two different kinds of flowers. The showy large, yellow flowers are present on about half of the branches all on one side.

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