Lifestyle

Have you ever rescued furniture from the curb? Forty percent of Canadians report they have salvaged curbside castoffs.

Nicholas and Anna Wargaty lead a very modest life. Yet there is no limit to their kindness and charity for others. The couple recently donated $10,000 to the bursary campaign fund sponsored by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).

Although her trip is more than a month away, Laurentian University student France Labonté can't wait to go to Botswana to participate in a six-week workshop on HIV/AIDS. "Oh my God," she exclaims. "I'm getting more and more excited.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] As a professional photographer for a quarter century, Ray Bernstein knows better than most a picture speaks at least a thousand words.

Meadowbrook Retirement Village, located in Lively, is hosting a variety of exciting and free spring events. The Great Outdoors Event with Ramakko's will take place this Sunday from 1 to 4 pm.

The 2006 Sudbury Senior Games has something to tickle any sports lovers fancy. Registrations for the popular annual event takes place from April 10 to 28.

Place Bonaventure Mall in  Chelmsford will present its second annual Bridal Show Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30.

Les Stroud, star of the Outdoor Life Network television show Survivorman, will join the Northern Pikes on stage at St. Andrew's tonight (Sunday) at 7 pm.

The exercise room at Howard Armstrong Recreational Centre (HARC) badly needed a makeover.

Most able-bodied people couldn't get out of bed, bathe, brush their teeth and dress in 10 minutes. But that's what frail seniors living in long-term care homes across the province are expected to do, with the help of aides.