In the Community

More than 3,000 people participated in the Fun City Festival in Lower Lonsdale over the weekend. The event, stretched over eight city blocks, featured music, food trucks, vendor booths, and, of course, Slide the City's 1,000-foot water slide.

Art teachers : Alysha Dutchak, Colleen Murphy and Kath Garford Favourite art : Painting Favourite artist : Ted Harrison His teacher writes : George likes to draw and paint.

Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh once praised the act of outdoor painting in a letter addressed to his brother, dated 1885. “Just try going outside and painting things on the spot,” van Gogh wrote. “All sorts of things happen then.

Parents take on advocacy role for pediatric cancer research

North Vancouver hills will soon be alive with the sound of music. The annual Music in the Park event is scheduled for Sept. 4, 12-5 p.m., at Capilano Regional Park beside Cleveland Dam.

Network of family and friends finds dog a new forever home in Edgemont neighbourhood