Living

We dipped down to a few zero degree Celsius nights in October, and the forecast for November includes many more chilly nights.

Connect Day, presented by the North Shore Homelessness Task Force, was held Oct. 13 at John Braithwaite Community Centre. photography Mike Wakefield, North Shore News

Renowned speaker and author Dr. Gabor Maté gives a presentation entitled The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Mental Illness and Healing to a packed house at Centennial Theatre, organized by Vancouver Coastal Health, Sept. 28.

Debra Golabek and Dave Pataky of the Fabulous First Friday Band entertain with a lively mix of music as part of Parkgate Community Centre’s Fabulous First Fridays social for those 55+ Oct. 7.

Socializing with peers an important part of active aging

Roxia Giles and Don Harder of the Little Mountain Brass Band get set to wind through Grieg and Beethoven in an Oct. 30 afternoon concert at Parkgate United Church. Admission is by donation.

At the family home in Northern Ireland, heading to a hospital to have a child was rarely considered and never acted upon. “My grandmother had all her babies at home,” notes Alix Bacon, president of the Midwives Association of B.C.

Grade 12 students sometimes seem obsessed with graduation. Parties, formal dress and limos are the topics of conversation among the kids. And that’s fine, it’s a big event but consideration must be given to the post-secondary years.

Irassharu is a particularly polite verb in Japanese, referring only to others (never oneself) and can mean, depending on the context, to go, to come, or to exist.

The Vancouver Home + Design Show is taking place this weekend, opening Thursday and running through Sunday (Oct. 27-30), at the Vancouver Convention Centre – West.