Q We are a group of five women who met when we were pregnant with our first children. Together we have 12 children, eight dogs and four husbands, who have been friends for twenty years. We tried for … [Read more...]

He was the man behind the Bohemian Embassy, ​​the Toronto coffeehouse that helped launch the careers of numerous famous Canadians, including musicians Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot and Sylvia Tyson, … [Read more...]

When Carla Lorenzo was pregnant, she was bored with the alcohol-free options on offer. There was only so much juice and soda she could drink. “I felt left out at times,” she says. And as corporate … [Read more...]

Jenny Pool started reading novels when she was a child and she looted them from the bag on her grandmother's porch. 'I've always been a lover of love stories,' she says, 'even when I was reading … [Read more...]

If there's one Torontonian who could be called a Fashion District survivor, it's Claude Abittan, owner of Queen Street West, the Beadery. But don't let the name of the store fool you; he sells more … [Read more...]

For nearly 180 years, the cemetery of St. James has been the final resting place of more than 224,000 people - and that's still counting. And today, the city's oldest surviving cemetery is teeming … [Read more...]

As record heatwaves make their way through North America and Europe, a new international project is experimenting with naming heatwaves to raise public awareness of their severity. The Adrienne Arsht … [Read more...]

Picture the scene: You're 13 on school vacation for three glorious months. The sun is shining and you've met your BFFs for a bike ride. You all decide to stop at a corner shop for a little treat, … [Read more...]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — What takes four years to make and costs over $20,000? A garbage can in San Francisco.That expensive, boxy trash can is one of six trash cans hitting the streets of San Francisco … [Read more...]

BERLIN (AP) — German companies and public institutions should not heat their offices more than 19 degrees Celsius (66.2 degrees Fahrenheit) this winter to help reduce the country's natural gas … [Read more...]

QMy close friend is again dealing with a needy man who is using up all her energy. We are both 32, I am married and have three children. She is divorced, single, no children and has had several … [Read more...]

It's not what you would expect on the 29th floor of a Toronto office building. Instead of booths, a complex arrangement of lasers, mirrors and optical fibers runs from floor to ceiling, making up the … [Read more...]