Living

ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s compensation week. If you have in the past suffered from injustice, it’s an excellent time to go in quest of restitution. If you have been deprived of the beauty you need to thrive, now is the time to get filled up.

Duck! I am literally ducking from the non-organic food scraps that might get thrown at me by the people about to read this week’s column. (Since they’re non-organic scraps, it wouldn’t be a waste, right?) Wow.

Duty called in Victoria Monday night, via a message sent my way from Alan Dickinson, proprietor and winemaker of British Columbia’s Synchromesh Wines.

SCENE | HEARD Summerhill Pyramid Winery has just released its 2013 Ehrenfesler, the first BC wine made with the use of a nitrogen generator in order to reduce unnecessary sulphite addition during the winemaking process. Summerhill.BC.

Sharon Hanna and Carol Pope write their second kale book, featuring over 130 recipes

In ancient Roman legends, there is the story of a young goddess who fell out of favour with the other gods and was cast out and turned into a thistle — prickly on the outside and soft on the inside.

It was the turquoise blue chairs sitting in the rooftop garden of what’s known as This Green Home in Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast that immediately caught my eye during a recent visit.

Seniors glued to tech devices too

Vancouver-based GoVoluntouring helps clients make use of their skills

Two chefs were eliminated on Monday's episode of Top Chef Canada, leaving Shelley Robinson and Evelynn Takoff as the only female competitors left on Top Chef Canada