Life

 

 
 
Juli Isaac
 
Why do some people hate to exercise? Probably because they think it’s not fun and not easy. If it were fun and easy, more than 15 per cent of us would be working out regularly. Even YMCA trainer Carla Serna struggles some days.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oscar had been blowing bubbles in the teach pool. I'll let you guess which end the bubbles were coming from.
 
 
 
Luiza Klebek’s jewelry is not for the timid. If you don’t like to be noticed, don’t wear one of her pieces because you will get stares, and comments and questions, she warns.
 
 
 
Ally Ng has two busy jobs — kindergarten teacher and mafia don.
 
 
 
A generation or two ago, when many moms stayed home and kids hung around the neighbourhood, the corner store was a hub of activity. Often, the store sold a fair variety of groceries and was book-ended by other handy shops — a drugstore and maybe a beauty salon. Sometimes there was a local coffee shop, or a tiny, jam-packed hardware store.
 
 
 
 
Refinery art party

Gallery: Refinery art party

Photos from the Refinery art party at the Art Gallery of Alberta on March 5, 2011.


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Stark closet

My Wardrobe: Ryan Stark

Find out what's inside Ryan Stark's closet


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Features

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Shop the 'Hood

Check out the archive of neighbourhood shopping tours by the Edmonton Journal.


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Sense of Place archive

Click here for a map of evocative Edmonton places, with a link to a Flickr group where you can share yours.


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Liane Faulder

Take our Writer Personality Quiz

Are you most like Liane Faulder or Todd Babiak? Jennifer Fong or Richard Helm?


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Dilbert

Dilbert

Office humour that hits a little too close to home.

 

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Solitaire

Solitaire

Our very own online version of an all-time favourite card game.

 

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Tomato Bounce

Tomato Bounce

Help the tomatoes escape the dreaded salad! Bounce them across the kitchen to the table.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Food

America's Next Great Restaurant

Grilled cheese, meatballs bid for "Next Great Restaurant"

Love "Top Chef," but always wanted to actually taste the food?


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Parenting

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Parents exaggerate joy of parenting to justify costs: Study

Having children may be a source of joy and personal fulfilment, but a new study suggests parents are exaggerating the rewards of parenthood to justify how much money it's costing them.


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Relationships

Washington, D.C. to become the sixth region in the United States to allow gay marriage.

Sick groom marries bride in Skype wedding

A California couple whose wedding plans appeared thwarted when a lung infection landed the groom in the isolation ward of a hospital were married over the weekend, in a ceremony conducted over Skype.


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In 'Homes' Today

 
 

Eat My Words

Liane Faulder shares recipes, news and tips for foodies.


 

Animal Attraction

Jamie Hall blogs about pets, from furry to scaly.


 

On Tap

Mark Suits provides beer news and brew reviews.


 

Button Mash

Ben Gelinas and friends dig into video-game culture.


 

Eat My Words

Liane Faulder shares recipes, news and tips for foodies.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In 'Jobs' Today