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Building a house next to a superhighway doesn’t sound good for your health, except when the route is the Cowichan River and the travellers are spawning salmon and bald eagles.

Go small and go home, by joining the tiny-house movement. Sign up for hands-on tiny house weekend workshops set for January in Nanaimo and Victoria.

Dear Tony: The property next to our strata corporation has been sold and construction is about to start on a new development. Our building is a relatively new high-rise with 10 townhouses and with a large underground parking garage.

Dear Reena: Is it normal for guys to shape their eyebrows? Or should they just let them grow into a mess of hairy cactuses on their face? Kierra Untrimmed eyebrows on a guy can be a distraction, which is easily rectified (if the guy is willing, or sl

It’s a happy day in autumn when the first garden catalogue arrives. Routinely, the one that comes first in the mail is from Plant World Seeds (PWS) in Devon, England. The catalogue arrived at a perfect time, on Oct.

Dear Debbie: My children have grown and I am now redecorating one of their rooms for a guest bedroom. I’m looking for some ideas to make it a bit different, stylish, comfortable, maybe with some glamour, but not over the top.

SEATTLE — On her paddleboard, Lisa has logged a lot of nautical miles navigating the waters of Lake Washington — and reflecting on the lakefront homes encircling it.

Dear Reena: I have two flannel-backed vinyl tablecloths. They were obviously wrapped in tight plastic packaging for a long time, because they have a lot of deep creases.

Dear Helen: A few years ago I planted a multi-coloured Swiss chard. This year, the plants have staged a volunteer reappearance atop our compost heap. When the sun shone through the stems the main plant became a beautiful fluorescent red.

Dear Reena: I have two large dogs whom I often take on road trips. Both dogs shed profusely. What can I use to rid the car seats of fur? I vacuumed the upholstery, which made very little difference. Any advice would be appreciated.