Lifestyle

By Judi Straughan Someone must have waved a magic wand over Janet Bailey at birth and whispered, “You will lead a charmed life.” Bailey is living the actor’s dream in so many ways.

Pauline Chartrand took this photo on Oct. 24, “in the bush behind our camp on Ministic Lake,” she wrote in an e-mail to Northern Life. “My 7 year old grand-daughter, Vanessa, spied it.

Children enjoyed listening to musician Chuck Roberts and played games with their parents during the grand opening of the Best Start Hub in New Sudbury.

When it comes to deducting travel expenses, one of the areas people tend to overlook is medical.

Local artists continue to be able to exhibit their work at Artists on Elgin, an artist run co-operative store.

A dozen Greater Sudbury and District businesses and groups are being showcased at the 2009 Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Businesses range from Sudbury's Nana's Kettle Corn to Warren's C.J.

Residents can treat themselves to a four-course meal prepared by a dozen of the city's chefs Saturday Nov. 7 at the Vale Inco Cavern at Science North. The chefs are from six participating restaurants. Cocktails are at 7 p.m.

One thousand, six hundred, sixty-seven words doesn't seem like too large a number. That is, until you realize that number needs to be met every day for 30 days to complete the Nanowrimo challenge.

Manitoulin artists may be known around the world, but they could receive more attention locally, said author Margo Little.

That’s the way American comedian Bill Cosby chooses to look at growing older. Cosby performed two shows at the Sudbury Arena, Nov. 1. He joked to the audience about his experience at the Sudbury airport and about his marriage to wife Camille.