The popularity of blogs and now books highlighting how hip our parents once were trades on the public’s fascination with the style of everyday people. Sure, Audrey Hepburn was a glamourpuss, but who knew Mother, Pop and Great-Grandma might have been, too?

Though May flowers are still forthcoming, here’s a surefire remedy to chase the winter blues away for good: a leather satchel in a poppy hue

Ditching shaving foam for Mont Source Unique Shave Solution might be the boldest - and best - move for your face

If you thought sectional sofas were retro relics, these chic updated takes may just change your mind about the classic corner couches

While stripes abound for both sexes, the wide-leg sailor-style pant has emerged as a fresh piece for men

The look is becoming increasingly popular in the United States

There is no age limit when it comes to showing off your best assets

Now that she's the face of Madonna and daughter Lourdes Leon's Material Girl spring collection, musical scion Kelly Osbourne's status as fashion muse has effectively been cemented. Among her style trademarks: Her perky pseudo-retro bouffant, a hair-raising 'do favoured by glamour girls both vintage and new

Italian style icon Anna Dello Russo and Canadian fashion blogger Tommy Ton became fast friends due to their mutual love of fashion. On a recent visit to Toronto, the two sat down with Amy Verner to talk about their special relationship - and shared obsession with fabulous frippery

Canadian track star Priscilla Lopes-Schliep is up for the challenge of combining motherhood and athletics

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‘I wish I had more time do everything in this campaign,’ premier said following town-hall meeting

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Charistmatic figure was winner of five majors

Mamadou Danso scores in 72nd minute, as expansion Portland beats Philadelphia 1-0.

Al-Qaeda failed to play any role, even an inspirational one, in the Arab revolutions that swept across Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Syria

Stephen Harper is routinely depicted as a cross between Darth Vader and Lord Voldemort, whose soulless band of Death Eaters will destroy democracy in Canada if they get the chance

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A cocktail perfect for Mother’s Day

Just this once let their inner Joan Miro loose and marvel at what they can do with some fruit roll-ups and a pair of dull snip

Am I allowed to hide the salt and pepper from them?

Kia is stepping up the pressure on its rivals with cash incentives and financing deals, and vehicles are moving fast

Feature on Canadian extremist draws parallels to current fascination with Bin Laden death photos

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"I know I’ve reached the zenith of my checkered career, as a fill-in between K’Naan and Alicia Keys performances," said Stephen Lewis at the Hope Rising! benefit concert, held Tuesday night at the Sony Centre in Toronto. Money raised from the star-studded evening will benefit Lewis’ foundation, which supports community-based organizations working to stop the AIDS pandemic in Africa. The A-list talent roster also included Harry Belafonte, Lorraine Segato and Rufus Wainwright, who joked about being the only white dude on stage, before singing a tear-inducing cover of Leonard Cohen’s "Hallelujah." But the message hit home the hardest when D’Bi Young, an African-Jamaican-Canadian dub poet, dramatically rapped, "I’m black and straight, this disease don’t discriminate." A sold-out crowd of 3200 people raised over $500,000.

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Dirk, Peja give come up big in 98-92 Game 3 win as Dallas now leads LA 3-0

IIHF hires Tanya Foley of Edmonton to raise women’s game around world, especially in non-traditional countries

Carolina Morace doesn't take any guff. If the coach of the Canadian women's soccer team feels she or her players are being slighted, she won't sit idly by

At one end is , an inspiring, high-energy tale of a group of Chicago high school students who compete in the world’s largest youth slam poetry competition.

If you were to build a scale model of our solar system, and you made Earth the size of a peppercorn, Pluto would be a kilometre away. That’s one of the mind-blowing facts you can pick up this weekend as you actually experience that scale model at Aldergrove Regional Park, and gaze through some of the most powerful telescopes you will ever encounter.

Canadian track star Priscilla Lopes-Schliep is up for the challenge of combining motherhood and athletics

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Top performances by hurdler Priscilla Lopes-Schliep:

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Boston snuffs out Philadelphia’s comeback attempt with 5-1 Game 4 win

Canadian Tour leading money winner Adam Hadwin rallies with a 69 on Friday to make the weekend cut

Mendenhall backpedals, slightly, about Twitter comments on bin Laden

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Toronto jumps all over Detroit starter Phil Coke in 7-4 win

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Star-starved Nashville squad running out of time in series against high-powered Vancouver