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When Emperor Claudius decided to ban marriage in the third century in hopes of getting more men to join the Roman army, he couldn't have imagined that he would spark a romantic holiday for millennia to come.
 
 
 
Erin Bolger doesn't look like a tough cookie. For one thing, she's pretty -- really pretty -- with the kind of Rubenesque features that turns heads.
 
 
 
As a member in fair-to-good standing of the mainstream media, I believe I'm morally obligated to despise TMZ.
 
 
 
When Toronto's fitness and diet guru Harley Pasternak informed clients in 2004 he'd be out of town on business, he thought he'd back within five weeks.
 
 
Montelle Intimates' olka Dots Forever collection offers a splash of fun and is almost too pretty to cover up.

Embrace your inner beauty

Whether you'll be rocking the red dress or setting hearts aflutter at home, make every moment count this Valentine's Day.


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Valentine's Day menu from Fine Cooking magazine includes baked eggs with chives, candied bacon and champagne, of course.

Magazine Menu: Valentine's Day

Those three little words that everyone wants to hear whispered in their ear until their legs go weak and rubbery have been replaced by just two: candied bacon.


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Rene J. Wallis, sommelier for Perspectives restaurant in the Brookstreet Hotel, is also an instructor for Algonquin College's sommelier program.

Chocolate on Lovers' Day

Really, is there any other option?


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The Citizen's Bruce Ward.

Column: Performance anxiety behind my Olympic burnout

Allow me to commit high treason here by saying I'm already suffering from Olympic burnout. And there's still something like 712 days before the games even get going.


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Dilbert

Dilbert

Office humour that hits a little too close to home.

 

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Solitaire

Solitaire

Our very own online version of an all-time favourite card game.

 

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Tomato Bounce

Tomato Bounce

Help the tomatoes escape the dreaded salad! Bounce them across the kitchen to the table.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Food

Joshua Bishop, co-owner of The Whalesbone Sustainable Oyster and Fish Supply (and owner of Whalesbone Oyster House restaurant), holds up some fresh Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon in the walk-in freezer at the fish supply shop in downtown Ottawa. (

Sustainable Fish and Seafood

Here's a list of the most popular fish that make the green-light lists. They can be found at most grocery and fish stores. Of special note, Loblaws announced last week that it will sell only sustainable fish and seafood by 2013. It now has about a dozen sustainable products in its freezer cases.


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Relationships

Try role play to cure boring sex lives.

Spice up your sex life with role play

For anyone who has ever fantasized about being seduced by a butler or a southern belle, Seductress T.M. Lee has a plan for you. "Be like Nike and just do it!," advises the Canadian sex guru. Now, to be clear, Lee is not suggesting everyone go out and do it. Lee is encouraging couples -- young and old, gay or straight -- to get over their hang-ups and inhibitions to have a healthy sexual relationship where both parties are satisfied.


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In 'Homes' Today

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Step away from the equity

The RRSP contribution deadline of March 1 is just a few weeks away. If you have a lot of unused RRSP contribution space but lack the ready cash to make a payment, it may be tempting to borrow the money to make the investment. It may seem that taking out a bank loan or line of credit would be one way to go, with finance rates being as low as they are these days. Another way to find some cash -- at a lower apparent rate -- would be to borrow from your home's equity.


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