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Chatelaine chronicles the love story between Prince William and the royal bride

Eight years ago this month I walked away from a good job with solid benefits to go freelance. A few friends thought I was crazy - most were really supportive. They’d watched me struggle in my job for a couple of years.

Right now, we’re crazy for the 70s inspired wide-leg trouser that was seen all over the Spring ‘11 runways. But don’t wait until then as this style can easily be worn now in a jean material making it a great transitional piece.

Dear Virginie, We recently moved into this small but cute house and while my to-do list is long, my first priority is to install a gas fireplace. Would it be weird to put it between the living and dining rooms? And what are your thoughts on round dining tables? I'm really into the British colonial style right now.

Mary Elizabeth Williams, author of Gimme Shelter, shares how her search for the perfect home changed her perspective on love, life and happiness.

Law firm asks Taco Bell: “Where’s the beef?”; a new treatment for depression; what to do about our aging doctors; the nominees for the 2011 Academy Awards; and Manitobans warned to brace for floods.

Parental guilt, stress and pressure to raise the perfect child often ends in little mommy lies

Haven’t we all wondered during snowy winter months what to do with our shoes when we’re invited to people’s houses, especially for fancy dinner parties? How should hosts deal with shoe policies and how should guests respond?

In the past when I was about to start treatment I would be very emotionally fragile, this time is different....

Training to be on stage can be a good motivator to get in shape...but for how long?

So many of us are trying to keep up with the Joneses, aren’t we? Yet, monetary excess does not a happy person make.

Oprah gets a sister; fitness guru Jack Lelanne dies at 96; HCG weight-loss products deemed fraudulent; massive bombing in Moscow airport; and a British undercover operative claims sex with his surveillance subjects was officially sanctioned.