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SINGER Elton John is known for a string of hit songs spanning decades, including the moving tribute tune "Candle in the Wind."

Martina Hingis fashion show

What better way to celebrate our coastal province than by catching your dinner? Deana Lancaster

Summer-the growing season, is the perfect time to get out of the city and back to the farm... for a day anyway. From Richmond and Delta, east to Agassiz and Harrison Mills, the Lower Mainland is home to a host of people growing, raising and making good things for us to eat. Here are just a handful of great farms and producers to visit this summer. Deana Lancaster

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FarmFolk CityFolk's annual food celebration and fundraiser, Feast of Fields, is a culinary tradition during harvest season.

It's B.C. Day next Monday - a day off work during the traditionally toasty month of August - huzzah! We've put together an engaging itinerary of local activities to help you make the most of it. 8 A.M.

Usually, when you want to eat a meal made with seasonal ingredients that have been sourced locally you find an independent restaurant to eat at, or you make the meal yourself.

Pick up the sticks and join Tag . . . You're Knit!, a yarnbombing project in North Vancouver. Stop by the arts council office at 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, to pick up your knit-kit for a $10 deposit. Details at nvartscouncil.

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