Lifestyle

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Clare Andrews knows the power of being a girl, and she's intent on sharing that knowledge with other young women.

BY KEITH LACEY The author of a memoir, which has garnered praise across North America, says he's looking forward to returning to his roots in small-town Ontario.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Six Pioneer Manor residents who came to the country after the Second World War as the blushing brides of Canadian servicemen were honoured by the nursing home Wednesday.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Although a generation of young women has been raised to believe they can have any career they want, female engineers are still rare in our society. Samantha Espley has been a mining engineer at Inco for 15 years.

Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in Niagara Falls, Ont. is one of two in Canada. Robert L. Ripley, who worked as a cartoonist for the New York Globe in the early 1900s, searched all over the world for the strange and the odd.

Sudbury is getting a taste of Spanish and Mexican culture this month. Tomorrow evening at 8 am at the Fraser Auditorium, El Viento Flamenco, a six- person Spanish musical and dance group from Atlantic Canada, will perform.

Kelly Heindl can't take the grin off her face while counting down the days before she embarks on an experience of a lifetime at one of the world's most popular tourist destinations.

This October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women are encouraged to keep their breast health top of mind with a fashionable and practical accessory.

The allure of cottage ownership knows no bounds, even as many Canucks prepare to winterize their country homes.

With a three-year wait between albums, Canadian pop-rock band Sloan are touring like crazy and promoting their newest creation: Never Hear the End of It.