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Vancouver Island's scariest Halloween houses

Vancouver Island's scariest Halloween houses

Check out our interactive map featuring frightful displays and Halloween events around the capital region and Vancouver Island— and be sure to add your own!
Ask Lisi: Masseuse’s body odour overpowering

Ask Lisi: Masseuse’s body odour overpowering

Advice: Speak to the manager, who will hopefully be kind when discussing it with the masseuse.
Your Good Health: Aromatase inhibitor provides poor quality of life

Your Good Health: Aromatase inhibitor provides poor quality of life

Aromatase inhibitors suppress the growth of receptor-positive breast cancer cells, but can have side effects.
October 17: Your Daily Horoscope

October 17: Your Daily Horoscope

Thursday, October 17th ARIES (March 21 - April 20): As today’s lunar eclipse takes place in your sign you must guard against self-pity and emotionalism.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Roster of early to late spring-flowering bulbs

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Roster of early to late spring-flowering bulbs

These bulbs should provide a long, uninterrupted display of flowers starting as early as February.
Eric Akis: Get cosy with curried yam soup with apple chutney

Eric Akis: Get cosy with curried yam soup with apple chutney

This curry-spiced yam soup is enhanced with a quick sweet-and-sour apple chutney. Make a meal of the soup by serving it with warm wedges of naan or pita.
Ask Lisi: Faking it in a marriage is a waste of each other's time

Ask Lisi: Faking it in a marriage is a waste of each other's time

Husband deserves to know how you’re feeling and why you’re done.
Your Good Health: Certain risk factors can affect the severity of COVID

Your Good Health: Certain risk factors can affect the severity of COVID

There are many disease conditions that put a person at risk for a severe illness if they get infected with the virus that causes COVID.
October 16: Your Daily Horoscope

October 16: Your Daily Horoscope

Wednesday, October 16th ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Tomorrow’s lunar eclipse in your sign will play havoc with your emotions and there is no telling what you might say or do.
Experts urge streamlined, more compassionate miscarriage care in Canada

Experts urge streamlined, more compassionate miscarriage care in Canada

Rana Van Tuyl was about 12 weeks pregnant when she got devastating news at her ultrasound appointment in December 2020. Her fetus’s heartbeat had stopped. “We were both shattered,” says Van Tuyl, who lives in Nanaimo, B.C., with her partner.