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Tee Time: Course setting shines at Squamish Valley
TO tell you the truth, I hadn't been happy with my golf game.
City firefighter prepares for next leg of journey
It's been less than a year since Rudy Pospisil returned from his 9,600 km cycling journey and already he's preparing for his next trip - this time heading across the Atlantic to bike his way through Europe.
Whistler finds one more reason to party
IT'S 4: 20 p.m. on 4/20 in Whistler and the aroma wafting through the village is unmistakeable: Axe body spray with just a hint of beef jerky. It smells like a high school locker room, which is probably why my 15-year-old son Ryan doesn't seem to notice. Either that or he's carrying too much Axe and beef jerky to notice.
Katie Rox right at home with country
SHE was once the lead singer in an industrial rock band, MTV featured her in an episode of Cribs, but it has always been about specific kinds of music for singer-songwriter, Katie Rox.
Wealthy riding leans to Libs
ONE of B.C.'s most affluent areas, the mountainous West Vancouver-Sea to Sky territory has been a Liberal stronghold for more than two decades.
Two new Sports Hall of Famers
Two sports-minded people, one an athlete and one a sports builder, are being inducted into the Abbotsford Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Sushi just right after Cove stroll
WITH longer days, warm evenings, and the sweet smell of spring, the weeknight compulsion to set up camp in front of the TV with a bottle of red is fading fast.
Manny gets back up to speed
NORTH Vancouver native Manuel Osborne-Paradis won the national downhill title at the Sport Chek Alpine Canadian Championships in Whistler March 23, capping off a season that showed that his racing career is back to full speed after a few slow years.
Burnaby athlete wins Myriam Bedard award
Louisa Tsang of Burnaby led B.C. biathletes home with a total of 16 medals, including nine gold, four silver and three bronze from the Cadet National Championships, which wrapped up on March 8 at CFB Valcartier in Quebec.
Fabulous fiddlers play the Clarke
The Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers are gearing up to host their 12th annual Fiddlerama, the best fiddle event around, Saturday at the Clarke Theatre in Mission.
Old-time soda fountain banks on nostalgia
White walls, a blue-coloured curved counter complete with stools, and a rainbow of syrups in glass bottles sit behind the doors of a sweet new business in Burnaby Heights.
Dine Out to lend a helping hand
On March 7, more than 200 restaurants will donate 25 per cent of their total food sales from breakfast, lunch and dinner to A Loving Spoonful, which provides free, nutritious meals to people with HIV/AIDS, and Friends for Life, a non-profit agency that provides complementary therapies, such as massage, to people with a serious illness confined to their home.
Whistler rolls out the white carpet
THERE was a time when family après ski at Whistler meant getting back to the hotel for Bunny Pasta and SpongeBob Square Pants.
Colour control
A new book by Langley's K. Jane Watt and painter Richard Cole will have young people wanting to pick up a paint brush.
Photo gallery: Tyee ski race
The 5th Annual Rio Tinto Alcan Tyee Ski Cup took place on Grouse Mountain on the weekend of February 9-10.
Training program hits high gear
NORTH Vancouver Olympic mountain biker Lesley Tomlinson is hoping to help a few North Shore kids follow her trail to cycling glory with a new program aimed at introducing talented young athletes to the sport.
Canada gets back on board
ONE of these days North Vancouver's Chris Robanske will score a big snowboard cross victory without first suffering through a painful injury.
