Living

I was in the grocery store and I was in a rush. I fished around in my pocket for a bank note of some denomination and extracted it along with my mobile phone. I fumbled for half a second before the phone careened towards the floor.

There are many ways to reuse old household items, giving them renewed, useful purpose around the home. Even the most common household items can do double duty with a little creativity.

Childhood passion turns into lifetime pursuit

Representatives of the Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation are celebrating a decade of supporting youth through sports with their 10th annual run on Sunday, Oct. 16.

Education event set for Oct. 14 at Centennial Theatre

Michaela Garstin remembers a favourite outfit from her ‘90s childhood: a red crushed velvet dress handmade by her mother. “I loved it so much,” says Garstin with a laugh, looking back at an iconic fashion trend from that decade.

It’s harvest time in the Okanagan and the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival is in full swing. All of which means there’s no time like the present for a swing through the valley (check thewinefestivals.com for a full list of events).

The North Shore seems to specialize in the export of casual dining franchises. Cactus Club began here. So did Earls. Now you can find outlets of these mainstream brands far and wide.

The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats has done it again, with the recent sighting of a rock wren. This species is normally associated with rock slides in the dry Interior of B.C. along with the canyon wren and white throated swift.

The trees are changing colour and dropping their leaves, the mists are starting to descend and the mornings are crisp – autumn is here. It’s time to prepare your garden for winter, and get your garlic seed into the ground.