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10 easy ways to beat the heat

Temperatures are on the rise in B.C. but don’t sweat it, there’s plenty you can do to cool down. Here’s some suggestions:

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Fans paint Vancouver red

Taylor Swift was the hottest ticket in an already hot town Saturday, and excited fans were headed to BC Place for tonight's concert. Our photographer captured some of them:

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An app for that, eh: apps for learning, celebrating and eating on Canada Day

Try searching for Canada Day in Apple's App Store, the Google Play marketplace or BlackBerry World and the results at first blush are pretty woeful.

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Rae Woodhouse, left, Sophie Clarke and Devon Sauvé are children of same-sex parents who are used to having to explain their families to others. ‘It is not what defines my family,’ says Woodhouse. ‘What defines my family is that we all love each other.’

'We're just like any other family, we do everything the same'

Sophie Clarke, Rae Woodhouse and Devon Sauvé are vivacious young women who have one thing in common — all three are, in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lingo, "queer spawn" or...

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Video: Reining in 'bad news' sports parents

Bad behaviour on the sidelines at kids' sports games isn't new. But now park districts and leagues are trying to get parents and other adults to chill out. One park district in suburban Chicago has posted...

Video: Kid Couture - spending big bucks on babies

Baby boutiques are now carrying top fashion trends for toddlers, along with the latest, and priciest, gadgets and gear.

Poll finds 8 in 10 men aspire to be dads; most fathers happier because of their kids

A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they'd like to be one someday.

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It's a royal baby buoy!

William and Kate's baby name expected to spark a trend, signal course of monarchy.

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Go daddy: Today’s father more engaged than ever, say family researchers

Defying the outdated image of absent fathers, today’s dads are more visible than ever, both in sheer numbers and in domestic life. Whether biological, adoptive or step, fathers recently reached ...

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Adolescence is seen by some experts as a time when it is normal for a teenager to reject parents, choosing to be with friends instead, form their own values, experiment with all kinds of lifestyles and possibly become a temporary “disappointment.”

Inside the teenage brain: Science reveals why some are erratic, moody and impulsive

The adolescent years can be stormy, stressful, filled with strife, uncertainty, inconsistency, and frankly be quite unpleasant. Some have said that the teenage years are, by far, the most unpleasant stage...

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Children eat lunch in an undated handout photo. Chef Michael Smith, an advocate for the summer lunch program Feeding Our Future, says one million children who depend on school lunch programs for basic nutrition simply go without once their schools close down for the summer. But that is starting to change with the program, which partners with community hunger relief organizations in nine cities across Canada to provide free summer lunches to children in need. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

When school's out, many children go hungry; summer lunch program plugs gap

Some kids across Canada aren't eager to hear that final bell signalling school's out for the summer. They'd rather stay in school because it means they get at least one nutritious meal a day, says chef...

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This June 2013 photo provided by Disney PhotoPass Service shows Creed Anthony of Indianapolis with his daughter Sophie, 5, son Isaac, 2, and wife Amal, on a visit to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Anthony is an example of a new generation of hands-on dads who don’t just change the occasional diaper but who view “parenting as a partnership,” as he put it, by being as involved in childrearing as moms. (AP Photo/Disney PhotoPass Service)

They don't just change diapers: New generation of dads views parenting as equal partnership

Laura Radocaj of Vero Beach, Fla., was warned when she was pregnant with twins that motherhood would be harder than she imagined — especially because she planned to go back to work while the twins...

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