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Recently I caught up with Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association Public Relations Manager, Denis Flanagan, who shared some of his expert tips on how to become a glorified urban farmer. With plenty of motivation and inspiration, I am now feeling super excited about unleashing my inner farmer.

Yesterday, I wasn't Carrie — I was number 1463. It was inked on my arm in black. Yesterday, I competed in my first ever triathlon. Put it all together: 1500 metre swim, 40 km bike ride, and 10 km run. Let's just say there were a lot of buff bodies at the race site.

Should wronged political wives stand by their husbands during a sex scandal? And what does it mean when they don’t?

In honour of tomorrow being the first day of summer, I have compiled a list of things that I love but usually only have access to during the summer months — just in case we're not all excited enough about the impending heat.

One day I was finishing a run along the Bow River when two very attractive women in a Red Bull car pulled up and asked me if I’d like to try some of the energy drink. I’d never had it before, and I’ll shamefully admit that because it was being pushed on me by young models, I relented and said, “Yes.” Blech.

In this regular feature, Catherine Franklin, finds solutions to all your style questions

The other day I sat down with Ole Henriksen – the skin guru behind some of Hollywood’s most beautiful faces.

My dad doesn't like being the focus of these blogs. But today, I'd like to pay homage to Dad, because it's finally the day to celebrate him.

I’ve got a few rituals when I’m feeling a little blue. It might be sacking out on the couch and watching a chick flick (I’m looking at you He’s Just Not That Into You or Bridget Jones — the first Diary movie. Definitely not The Edge of Reason). Or I may call up my sister and we head out and hit Sephora and a variety of shoe stores. Sometimes it might be drowning myself in music on my iPod and a run.

With Father’s Day just around the corner, families across Canada are getting ready to celebrate their dads. But the results of a new survey by ForbesWoman and TheBump.com shows that some of us might be gritting our teeth while we carry that breakfast tray to our partners on Sunday morning.

If you don’t have enough change in your piggy bank to splurge on the Omega Seamaster timepiece that Daniel Craig (the dreamy and most recent James Bond) carries, please do not fret. A timeless gift is still possible.

What is happening to the traditional appearance of pregnancy among celebrities? According to The Daily Mail, Mother Nature’s greatest miracle is being hijacked by body-conscious female celebrities such as January Jones and Victoria Beckham who appear to be able to gestate a fetus without the addition of that all-important extra layer. You can’t pinch an inch on these Pilates-taut and yoga-toned mothers-to-be—just try it, Bub!