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Making an assumption is the act of taking something for granted or accepting it as true without proof. You can call it a hypothesis, a theory, a belief, or a best guess.

If you've ever wondered what to do with that old electric toothbrush, tired vacuum cleaner or blackened toaster oven then now is your chance to clean them all out. A new recycling program called "Unplugged," launched Saturday, Oct.

Spending time with an elderly loved one can engender feelings of dread and boredom or fun and laughter. Most caregivers fall somewhere in the middle. They go to visit, put in their time and make the best of it.

If it weren't for years of research into childhood leukemia, Carol de Haas believes her daughter Michelle wouldn't be here today.

The Family Fun Festival at Garry Point Park this weekend will not, in fact, take place on Saturday, Oct. 1.

The inexorable march of B.C. Hydro's smart meters into Richmond has begun. Mine has already been installed, and while I like having a meter that is easier to read than the old one (though B.C.

Each of my kids in school has an agenda book in which they've been taught to write their list of homework assignments. It's a system to keep them organized -- and for parents to check up on them.

It took two weeks of scratching before the penny dropped: my son's head was infested with pediculus humanus capitis -- a.k.a. head lice.

Looking back, Patrick Chen would have been considered quite a trailblazer in 1980. Although Richmond was home to one Chinese restaurant -- the Bamboo Grove, which opened in 1963 -- Chen offered up something that wasn't in Richmond at the time.

On a typical Saturday afternoon, Paolo Puno sits at the dining room table poring over his iPad.