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GALLERIES Artemis Gallery: 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Info: 778-233-9805 or artemisgallery.ca.

EMPIRE ESPLANADE 6 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver 604-983-2762 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (G) - Fri, Tue-Thur 7: 15; Sat-Mon 4: 10, 7: 15, Sat-Mon 12: 45 p.m.

BIKING FROM SEA TO SKY

LEGEND Bargain Fare ($5-8) $ Inexpensive ($9-12) $ $ Moderate ($13-15) $ $ $ Fine Dining ($15-25) $ $ $ $ Live Music Open Mic/Karaoke DJ Big Screen Sports WiFi Wheelchair Accessible AUSTRIAN Jagerhof Restaurant $ $ $ Best Little Schnitzel House in To

ANNE Émond's provocative drama Nuit #1, winner of the Claude Jutra Award (Best First Feature) at this year's Genies, represents Canada in the DiverCiné 2012 (World Cinema from la Francophonie) series running through May 26 at Pacific Cinémathèque.

DISCIPLINE: Downhill mountain biking HOMETOWN: Squamish AGE: 22 YEARS IN COMPETITIVE CYCLING: eight-ish FAVOURITE BIKE: Santa Cruz Carbon Nomad with a Rockshox Reverb - perfect bike for Squamish! COMPETITIVE HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 4th Junior World Champion

RESTAURANTS ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST WASTE-MAKERS AROUND. From packaging and prep to leftovers and napkins, it takes just a day or two for most eateries to load an industrial-sized dumpster with garbage.

My interest in sustainable food systems and urban agriculture - producing and distributing food in cities - led me to Cuba in 2007. I signed up for a "food tour" organized by Wendy Holm, a Bowen Island-based PhD agronomist.

Tucked up against the foot of McIntyre Bluff in Oliver, 600-acre Covert Farms is the perfect spot to grow organic produce, including grapes.

MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF EGG-LAYING HENS IN CANADA ARE KEPT IN BATTERY CAGES, WHICH HOUSE BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN CHICKENS IN A SPACE MEASURING 61 x 51 CM, ACCORDING TO THE VANCOUVER HUMANE SOCIETY.