Lifestyle

Gerry Lougheed Jr.

Travel can still be a wonderful experience, even if you are disabled, according to Rob DiMeglio, a program manger with Independent Living Sudbury Manitoulin. DiMeglio, 34, has a degenerative eye disease, which became serious when he was 24 years old.

Toronto’s Gavin Stephens will be performing standup comedy at Shaughnessy’s Pub and Grill downtown on Shaughnessy Street Feb. 11.

Here is warming comfort food at its best with economical Ontario winter vegetables. It’s easy to toss together and it all bakes in one pan. Parsnips cook faster than carrots, so cut the parsnips in larger pieces than the carrots.

Entrepreneur Angèle Daoust has launched a new business called Just 4 U Bouquets. Her bouquets feature cookies on a stick. The icing covered cookie lollipops are made with gingerbread, chocolate chip or orange flavoured sugar cookies.

Sudbury Living, published by Laurentian Media Magazine Group, is giving back to the community. On Feb.

The touring Hart House Orchestra, based out of the University of Toronto, will stop off at St. Andrew’s Place, 111 Larch St., Feb. 13 at 8 p.m.

About 285 Grade 5 and 6 Conseil scolaire publique du Grand Nord de l'Ontario (CSPGNO) students learned about francophone musicians at Folie-furieuse 2010, held at École secondaire Hanmer Feb. 6.

Northern Life sales representative Kim Leger-Frawley recently took this picture of a pine marten. She spotted the animal up at her camp, near Hagar. “It is a very rare sight, but we got a pic,” she told us.

Q: How do I save for an RRSP? An RRSP is one of the best savings and tax-deferral programs the government ever invented. But coming up with the cash to contribute can be a challenge, especially in a tough economy.