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Almost 80 per cent of what a child learns in school is presented visually. It stands to reason then that good vision is essential to learning.

Learning new skills can be a lifelong pursuit. But whether you're a kid or an adult, it isn't easy to perfect a jump shot or a karate kata.

September is World Alzheimer's Month

Some people see September as the start of a new year. Maybe it's a life-long student mentality, or it could be getting back to the grind after the laidback nature of summer.

Whatever the outcome of the messy fight between teachers and the B.C.

Outback: the name conjures up a desiccated, heat-stroked landscape of dust and scrubby shrubs, with perhaps a single bleached sheep skull lying on the ground, a home for some highly poisonous spider or snake.

The annual Deep Cove Daze festival took place at Panorama Park on Aug. 24.

The other day, I had a flat. No big deal, really, and not unexpected considering the way that all the construction in this town has trucks dispensing roofing nails out the back like they were auditioning for the next Bond movie.