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Carson Graham strikes silver in Ottawa

Carson Graham strikes silver in Ottawa

For one night they were in the best in Canada. It was the night before Canada’s top five high school improvising teams would go toe-to-toe in loving competition for the national championship. Carson Graham wasn’t even supposed to be there.
CANINE CONNECTION: All dogs need boundaries

CANINE CONNECTION: All dogs need boundaries

When I moved from an urban lifestyle to a rural lifestyle, a comment I frequently heard from my North Shore peeps was, “Your dogs must love it, being able to have all that freedom!” There seems to be a prevailing attitude that living in the country a
Skincare ingredient anthropologist visits Kiss and Makeup

Skincare ingredient anthropologist visits Kiss and Makeup

Graydon Moffat of Canadian plant-powered Graydon Clinical Skincare applies a Superfood Masque and Scrub to Sarah Carr at Ambleside’s Kiss and Makeup, which hosted skincare “ingredient anthropologist” Moffat for a beauty event on May 3.
Lobster hat a cute catch at Shipyards Night Market

Lobster hat a cute catch at Shipyards Night Market

Rona Schwartz has transplanted her colourful “garden” of hand-knit baby hats from Nova Scotia to North Vancouver.
May is Better Hearing Month: Early intervention is important

May is Better Hearing Month: Early intervention is important

Research has shown that many people who experience hearing loss do not do anything about it for five to seven years. Hearing loss typically happens so slowly over time that people may not realize they are not hearing properly.
Walk for Alzheimer’s awareness

Walk for Alzheimer’s awareness

Participants walk along the Seawall from John Lawson Park in West Vancouver on May 7 as part of the North Shore Investors Group Walk for Alzheimer’s in support of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Gogo gathering

Gogo gathering

Jane Lawson of the Surrey GoGos speaks to participants at the Greater Van Gogos Spring Gathering event held at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in North Vancouver on April 29.
MEMORY LANE: Stories and imagination mark childhood, career

MEMORY LANE: Stories and imagination mark childhood, career

In the treasury of books, art and family heirlooms that is Fran Ashdown’s home, three pieces define Fran and her parents, Ruth and Frank Arnaud.
MONEY MATTERS: Taxpayers: pay CRA what you owe, no less and no more

MONEY MATTERS: Taxpayers: pay CRA what you owe, no less and no more

Know your rights before you pay your debts
BOOK BUZZ: Winter sings sweet song in new novel

BOOK BUZZ: Winter sings sweet song in new novel

In Wintersong the other world lies just beyond an invisible curtain and 18-year-old Elizabeth (or Liesl as she is fondly nicknamed) discovers that an innocent childhood foray into it changes her life forever.