Lifestyle

(CNW) - Smokers may have up to four times the typical quit rates if they have effective access to counselling and nicotine replacement therapies (NRT), a new interim report indicates.

This winter, the Canadian Ski Council and its partner resorts across Canada are once again taking a stand against childhood obesity through the Grade 5 SnowPass program.

(NC)-More and more Canadian women are taking vacations with their girlfriends. A recent survey of Canadian women found that 59 percent have already been on a "girlfriend getaway," and 100 percent would consider going on one in the future.

BY LAUREL MYERS The snow is flying, the cold is biting and weather-weary Canadians are itching to leave the dreary days of winter behind for the sunny, sandy beaches of the south.

By Kris Harris Thirteen-year-old bestselling author James Valitchka knows all about bullying. After being bullied at school, amid other trials and tribulations, he became a bully himself before his writing helped to show him the error of his ways.

BY LAUREL MYERS As winter settles in, ski-hills around the province have opened their slopes for the season.

BY BILL BRADLEY A number of local musicians are playing for free this Saturday at the Townehouse Tavern, downtown on Elgin St. to help fundraise for a new house building project by Habitat For Humanity.

BY GIANNI UBRIACO For over a decade and a half, Le Maschere Laurenziane, a student theatre troupe housed in Laurentian University's Italian Studies Program, has put together an annual stage production and this year will be no different as I P

The Ontario government is helping promote Georgian Bay as a tourism destination. The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is providing $50,000 to the Rainbow Country Travel Association.

(NC)-Every year for Winterlude, the National Capital Commission (NCC) transforms Gatineau's Jacques-Cartier Park into Snowflake Kingdom, North America's largest snow playground.