Dolores Chiu

InterUrban will have big views of historic city -- PAGES D2-3

Q: Is it possible to grow basil indoors? I know it cannot be seeded or transplanted outdoors until late spring. I am craving some fresh, homegrown basil. I am fond also of cilantro.

A subtle pride permeates the Inter-Urban new-home project in New Westminster -- pride in the 18-storey building, but also in the neighbourhood in which it is located.

Kinichi Shigeno is an award-winning veteran artisan whose ceramic works have been showcased both locally and overseas. Hamza Vora and Raneen Nosh are novice artisans whose tile creations have just recently made their public introduction.

Q: A friend who is expert at growing cactus plants told me last month that a Christmas cactus blooming in my kitchen should not still be flowering, but resting.

I grew up raising chickens and rabbits, tending large vegetable patches and living in homes built by my father. Neither frugality nor the pursuit of self-sufficiency motivated my parents: they did what they did because they had a bit of land, my father was a builder and we lived in a small town. Ours was not a "back-to-the-land" household of people who wanted to cut ties with the establishment and live...

Homes now selling in the third of four Plaza 88 residential towers, the Marinus highrise, in New Westminster

The national housing agency, Canada Mortgage and Housing, this week circulated a home-security reminder. Here's a bit of "know-your-enemy" information: "In choosing a target, a burglar will generally narrow the focus from neighbourhood, to street, to house. Deterring the criminal at any one of these stages is key to your home's security.

What you see is what you get (almost) at Morningstar's Pepin Brook homes.'We try to present the homes as you will buy them, and keep the options to a minimum,' the company's Deborah Calahan says. 'I want people to know what they're going to get. However, some upgrades are available.' Customers would be hard pressed to do better than the Morningstar all-granite kitchen island -- "a truly hot feature,"...

The judges in an annual residential and renovation industry competition called the SAMs have named the Dockside Green Partnership of Victoria Canadian builder of the year, the Canadian Home Builders' Association says.

Teddington Park home 'didn’t need anything done'

Sophisticated styling sets unit apart

The end of a two-year search

Multiple offers for Etobicoke bungalow

A 'superquiet' nook of Bloor West Village

Outside trendy Leslieville, industrial conversion space has authenticity working for it