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Style by Yew: Joining the Crew

 
A view at the new J Crew store in Pacific Center. Photo by: Amy Yew & J Crew.
 
Vancouver is welcoming another notable designer store to a growing list of booming fashion businesses to the downtown core.
 
 
 
 

Life

 

Cord-cutting night a lesson in frustration

 
I've been an advocate in this column for cutting the cable cord and getting your entertainment content from online sources. But I've also warned that ...
 
 

The Practical Geek: More reader questions

 
Time to go back to my in box and answer a few questions from readers and provide another Netflix recommendation.
 
 

Heart of Vancouver: Relationship landmines

 
We’ve all done it — wish we hadn’t said something we should have probably kept to ourselves. Unfortunately, even though hindsight may...
 
 

Style by Yew: Holt Renfrew has social awareness on its mind

 
Collaboration has become huge in the fashion industry. It’s not always about what you can achieve on your own anymore.
 
 

Heart of Vancouver: Matchmaking for love

 
It seems that even with the high number of single people in North America, the search for love is still on. Just because people aren’t getting into...
 
 
 
 

Garden

 

Cut back geraniums for more shapely plant

 
Q: Geraniums in two planters on my south-facing balcony have wintered well and still have blooms. Is it too late to cut them back? If it’s not too...
 
 

Plants for the lazy gardener

 
A few weeks ago, a harassed gardener asked me if there are any maintenance-free plants. Apparently “weeds” was not the answer she was seeking...
 
 

Repot orchids every two years

 
Q: The flowers on our Phalenopsis orchid are mostly gone and we are left with five flowers and very long stems and roots. Should this be repotted and ...
 
 
 

Travel

 

Parrots, butterflies, cheese make Qualicum Beach visit memorable

 
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C.—“Get me a beer.” Surprised at the outburst, I turned to my partner to confirm I’d heard what I thought I...
 
 

How Leon got Central America’s largest cathedral

 
LEÓN Nicaragua—How the largest cathedral in Central America came to be built in this sun-scorched corner of Nicaragua is open to debate.
 
 

Exotic Courier, May 10

 
Cindy and Becky are good friends who have always wanted to visit the Holy Land. Their dream came true when they traveled with over 500 other people with...
 
 
 
 

Health

 

Motherly magic largely invisible

 
When I come home to my wife at the end of the day, I know better than to ask, “What did you do today?”
 
 

Get moving with a Vancouver doctor this Saturday

 
On Saturday, May 4 at 10 a.m., the doctors of Vancouver are inviting everyone to join them for a fun and easy one to two-kilometre Walk With Your Doc ...
 
 
 
 

Driving

 

Braking News: Hey, hey, Monkeemobile designer dies weekly round-up of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird

 
You'd think that the home of Ferrari and Lamborghini would be filled with exotic metal, prancing stallions jostling rampant bulls for space in day-to-...
 
 

Westwood race track gone but not forgotten

 
It's a housing development now, a knot of quiet residential streets with names like Mulberry, Maplewood and Chickadee. Large, detached single-family homes...
 
 

Volkswagen’s Touareg a true triumph

 
If you want an SUV with a premium feel but not a premium price tag, Volkswagen may have a solution for you in the form of a vehicle called Touareg.
 
 
 
 
 

 

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