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OLDER AND WISER: Smart ways to boost brain health

OLDER AND WISER: Smart ways to boost brain health

Summer is a time for relaxing over a good book, going for a nature walk, participating in an event, seeing friends or getting out in the garden.
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Making more lungs available for transplant in Vancouver

Making more lungs available for transplant in Vancouver

New program aims to bring relief to hospital waiting lists
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Public sunscreen dispensers launched as part of pilot project

Public sunscreen dispensers launched as part of pilot project

They’re dispensing lotion and a message.
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Vancouver weather: 2019 fall forecast for the Lower Mainland released

Vancouver weather: 2019 fall forecast for the Lower Mainland released

Above average temperatures expected to continue into autumn
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A Euro-style beach club water park experience in Metro Vancouver

A Euro-style beach club water park experience in Metro Vancouver

If you have not been to Big Splash Water Slide Park in sunny Tsawwassen yet, then you must put this on your Summer Bucket List.
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Night on the Pier celebrates cocktail culture

Mixologists compete in special event at Harmony Arts Festival
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BCIT designs pooch wheelchair to help senior dogs stay active

BCIT designs pooch wheelchair to help senior dogs stay active

Elderly canines with osteoarthritis could soon stay mobile with a dog wheelchair developed at BCIT in Burnaby. The device – currently being field-tested by a 14-year-old pug named Lily – has been specially designed for old dogs weakened by age.
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CANINE CONNECTION: This is the true test of a dog owner's love and devotion

CANINE CONNECTION: This is the true test of a dog owner's love and devotion

There is no greater test of a dog owner’s love and devotion to their canine companion than when they have to pull a clump of undigested grass out of their dog’s back end.
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Bowen women: how Jessica Mitts developed her green thumb

Bowen women: how Jessica Mitts developed her green thumb

Knelt between sprouting peas and pumpkin heads, hands deep in soil, Jessica Mitts is most at home. In Grafton Lake Lands’ 350 acre ecological reserve, crows call above her head and douglas squirrels zip along branches.
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When Vancouver beaches are busy, consider cooling off in a river

When Vancouver beaches are busy, consider cooling off in a river

Make the trek to North Shore mountains, but you’ll have to find the hidden gems yourself
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