Living

Don’t be deceived by Esther Matsubuchi’s gentle spirit. She has a core of pure strength. Born in Vancouver, she was five years old when her family was forced out of their home and moved to a Japanese internment camp in the West Kootenays in 1942.

Reading to your kids should be an important part of your day. It creates closeness as you cuddle together as a family and share a story and it will help them with their education.

Prepare to live a long life, most of it independently, but you could expect to lose your driver’s licence after age 85. So says the B.C. Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie.

A humble barber shop tucked away at the back side of Lynn Valley Centre is a lasting vestige from a simpler time.

The thermometer is topping out at 30 C and you’ve just given your last bit of water to a kid who already drank all of theirs.

Eleven-year-old North Vancouver twins Erin and Anika Husken started climbing when they were five years old. Introduced to the sport by their parents, they now train at The Hive North Shore Climbing Gym.

The 18th annual Art in the Garden self-guided tour of North Shore gardens is scheduled for May 27-28. Produced by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council, the event features local art and music in natural spaces.

I often go to homes with major problems in their gardens and most of the time it is not the homeowner who gets the credit for the mistakes. Very often it is landscape companies or nurseries who have done the deed.

British Columbia’s 2016 stellar vintage means there’s no time like the present to jump on last year’s whites and rosés. In fact, what better way to celebrate Victoria Day? What a difference a year makes.

The North Shore holds stiff competition for a new chocolatier.