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Best Boxing Day sales in Canada 2021

Your go-to resource for up-to-date Boxing Day deals

The It List: Chopard moves into new space in Vancouver

Swiss watch and fine jewelry brand Chopard has set up shop on Alberni Street in Vancouver.

Temperature-controlled mug keeps drinks set to how you like it

The Ember Mug is burning up holiday gift-giving lists this year

29 best online deals in the Canadian retail space right now

adidas, Michael Kors and Sephora, to name a few

My must-haves: A few of Andre De Grasse’s favourite things

De Grasse’s favourite runners, Gatorade flavours and go-to snacks

Digital runway brings Fanshawe fashion design students' creations to wider audience

Fashion and science are words seldom brought together in a sentence.

Behind the Inuit tattoo revival: Once banned, now the ancient markings are making a comeback

Nunavut tattoo artist Jana Angulalik shares the motivations and the cautions behind the revival

Happy birthday, Ken! Barbie's beau turns 60

More women join lawsuit against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard

Salon Distancing 2.0 after Coronavirus

German officials back AstraZeneca vaccine after clot concerns

'No way theatres are going to want to open' without popcorn sales, Guzzo says

Meanwhile, an emergency room pediatrician hails the reopening of swimming pools and indoor skating rinks as "a great step forward" for the well-being of kids.

COVID-19: Fitness, training companies warn new rules have them on the ropes

Every day, Andrea Merucci aims to ensure pregnant women and new mothers feel good about themselves.

Health Canada probing 'counterfeit' hand sanitizer sold at Dollarama

Fitness: Get your back up with some exercise

Pampering a sore back isn’t the best way to relieve discomfort.

Growing Concerns: Share and care for your seasonal greenery

You see them everywhere, outside supermarkets or big-box stores. or maybe you make your own. I’m talking about fresh arrangements, from pots of greens on your porch to garlands and wreaths hung to decorate your home.

Growing Concerns: 'Tis the season for great gardening gifts

The garden is to bed whether we want it to be or not. The first few snowfalls have happened and before we know it, the holiday season will be here.

Growing Concerns: Use right rake to get last fall leaves

As you rake up the last of the fall leaves, make sure you’re using the right tool for the job.

Growing Concerns: Holiday decorating mixes the traditional and the trendy

Winter is on its way and along with it comes the decorating of our homes for the holiday season.

Growing Concerns: Help your pricey plants weather winter

With winter little more than a month away, give a thought to garden plants that are going to need some extra protection.

Fare With a Flair: Pinwheels a must-have app

T'is the season for little dishes and favourite appetizers.

Brews News: Brewing friends reach for treetops with German lager

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. That could sum up the aspirations of a wee new brewery in London, the Forest City.

Food to get a lot more expensive in Canada next year, thanks, in part, to inflation: report

'2022 will likely be a very difficult year for most Canadian families, unfortunately, because prices are going to rise significantly'

Fare With A Flair: The name's an enigma, but the taste is a winner

I’ll never forget the first time I experienced Singapore noodles in a Chinese restaurant.

Brews News: Brewers make good gifts

If you have a beer nut on your holiday gift list – and who doesn’t? – your task is easy. Breweries have a treasure trove of cool stuff any aficionado of hops will appreciate, guaranteed.

This season, give the gift of tech literacy — not addiction — along with that device

If an Apple watch tells a child that their exercise rings are usually further along, over time they may start to see themselves as lazy.

SHIFT: From Santa and the Elf On The Shelf to why bad things happen, how much truth do our kids really need?

From discussing keeping private parts private, to sex, to drugs, parents are constantly trying to suss the appropriateness of passing on knowledge in ways that educate, not traumatize.

Juhl: 'Miss, can you print this?' and other high-school library distractions

An entire class using the computers, intercom messages, phone calls, someone wants to use the slicer — oh, and there are books, too.

Vaporwave is one of many hats Santa's wearing for mall visits this year

This year, Santa is grooving to a new beat.

McMaster researchers track gut microbiome in babies

The study said there is considerable interest in how antibiotic use, breastfeeding and other early-life events influence the development of the infant gut microbiome in the first year of life.

ASK AMY: Near the end, a friend withdraws

ASK AMY: Marriage has porous borders

ASK AMY: Couple wants proof others are vaccinated

ASK AMY: New mom needs respite and empathy

ASK AMY: Midlife crisis tears family apart

Prince Philip kept fit with this 11-minute Canadian workout known as 5BX

The workout was developed in 1956 to help get members of the Royal Canadian Air Force into shape without the need for equipment, but it gained widespread popularity

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, dies at age 99

"His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle," the palace said in a statement

Harry, Meghan reportedly cooperating with biographers on modern royals book

Meghan 'grateful' to work on Disney doc 'Elephants'

Tecumseh man enjoys royal fun on Aussie beach with Harry and Meghan

Hotel Intel: Marriott Hutchinson Island a fully loaded Florida getaway

The resort is a 45-minute drive north of Palm Beach International Airport.

Hotel Intel: Muir makes waves on Halifax harbourfront

Opening Dec. 10, the Marriott property has already transformed the city’s waterfront architecturally.

New federal travel measures that exempt U.S. greeted with relief

Snowbirds won't be affected by new testing requirement

Ryan Reynolds puts Welsh town on sporting map, boost tourism profile

Canadian actor became co-owner of the Wrexham AFC soccer club.

Hotel Intel: Rock and relax at Vancouver’s hip Belmont

The indie getaway has a vending machine that dispenses rolling papers, and a late-night takeout menu with coconut prawns and s’mores sundaes.