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Women smokers who are pregnant or planning to conceive can now get help to butt out through a website that emphasizes support instead of guilt or shame.

Veteran British actor Bob Hoskins, the star of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, said on Wednesday he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and is retiring from acting.

There is no need to stay indoors to practise yoga in this beautiful weather.

Dear Dr. Donohue: Two months ago, I broke out in a shingles rash. I had some pain, but not a lot. After the rash left, the pain increased, and it's still there. I need some relief from this pain. I didn't think shingles lasted this long.

A portrait by French painter Edouard Manet will stay in Britain after a campaign raised nearly eight million pounds ($12.4 million) to buy it. Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus will be shown at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Beautiful music is paired with a great vista as the Victoria Conservatory of Music presents Music at the Beachhouse in the newly refurbished Beachhouse restaurant (formerly McMorran's) in Cordova Bay on Sunday. The 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

After a brush with death, the American rock'n'roller is making some of the best music of his career

Langham Court Theatre: Auditions for Lady Windermere's Fan, Aug. 11-12, 1-3 p.m. Require seven men, nine woman. English accents attempted. No audition bookings necessary. 250-384-2142 or langhamtheatre.

R&B legend comes to Victoria in midst of renaissance

OPENING The Bourne Legacy (Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, Empire University 4, SilverCity, Star) Another mysterious black-ops agent follows in the footsteps of Jason Bourne in this fourth instalment of the espionage franchise.