There is perhaps no better way to legally distort reality than with alcohol. For some — OK, for many — it is the social lubricant that allows us to temporarily leave our issues behind,...

Ralston White and Paul Roach, both migrant workers from Jamaica working on an Ontario apple farm, died from inhaling toxic fumes recently. Although an investigation is still underway, the deaths bring light to the...

The ads are everywhere, buy the new Sketchers Shape-ups and you can “get in shape without setting foot in a gym.” Yes, advertisements claim that these shoes are designed to promote weight loss, tone...

Racism, motherhood, plastic surgery and the politics of love — these are some of the issues that are being dealt with theatrically as part of FemFest 2010: On the Edge. Designed to celebrate women...

With many questions about legitimacy and safety still lingering in the tattoo world, professional tattoo artist Andrew Triebel of Triebel Tattoos — working out of Buzz Bin in Dawson Creek, B.C. — breaks down...

Tattoos are at once permanent and a constant reminder of impermanence. When we choose to get inked, it is undying passion and value that permeates many of our choices. As time passes, however, too...

There is a diamond ring for sale. It’s blue — vivid blue, to be precise — and it is expected to sell for about US$15 million at an auction in New York this October....