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The Greater Victoria Public Library provides services to more than 300,000 residents in 10 communities - and becoming a volunteer is a great way to reach out to all your neighbours! If you are ages 13-18, the GVPL has many opportunities for getting i

Sugar myth persists in diabetes

Dear Dr. Donohue: My husband is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He is a competitive distance runner. He loves Kool-Aid and calculates that he drinks in a year 150 pounds of sugar in Kool-Aid alone.

Teen sexting associated with real se study

Hopeful par-ents, a new study has bad news for you: According to a study of Los Angeles area youth ages 12 to 18, kids who "sext" are not using it as a replacement for actual sex.

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Sky's the Limit for new Island-produced TV show >D5

Sleep a key ingredient for weight loss

It's not just about calories and exercise, studies show
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A lyrical riff to the city of San Francisco

Telegraph Avenue By Michael Chabon Harper, 480 pp., $31.99 Telegraph Avenue is so exuberant, it's as if Michael Chabon has pulled joy from the air and squeezed it into the shape of words.

Reduce flour in your gluten-free batter

Make Yorkshire puddings with a crisp crust and a dry interior

Novel finds the grit and light of the streets of Victoria

Y By Marjorie Celona Hamish Hamilton (imprint of Penguin Canada), 368 pp.; $30 Victoria authors have been showing off lately. Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues, reviewed here last August, won the 2011 Scotiabank Giller prize.

The play's the thing

North Saanich writer and humourist Marion Farrant is trying a new tack - writing for the stage. > Page D11