Police say the latest holiday scam has fraudsters altering pre-paid credit cards to link to stolen credit cards to cash in on unsuspecting merchants. Several incidents have taken place in Nanaimo and across Vancouver Island since the scam first surfaced in recent weeks, say police, whose multi-jur...

UNDATED – Ever wondered if you’d be happier in sunny Florida or snow-covered Minnesota? New research on state-level happiness could answer that question. Florida and two other sunshine states made it to the Top 5, while Minnesota doesn’t show up until number 26 on the list of ha...

We spotted Russell Brand in Malibu with yet another mystery lady.  But the real mystery is, how does he get all these women? For a guy who looks like he rolled out of bed and dug through a dumpster for an old woman’s moth eaten sweater, he’s not doing too badly.  C’mon Russ...

[CHALLENGE: FRUGAL ARTIST] “Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.” —Mahatma Gandhi You know what else is not an old woman’s idle amusement? Doodling on scrap paper. OK, so maybe it is, ...