Living

We live in such an amazingly beautiful place. Snow-capped mountains, tall trees and friendly, quiet neighbourhoods are all hallmarks of life on the Shore. It’s a pity that road congestion so often makes other news and views take a backseat.

Fame Diamonds, which has several locations across the Lower Mainland including both North Vancouver and West Vancouver, recently won the inaugural CanadaMark Jewelry Competition Award organized by Dominion Diamond Corporation.

Fashionable spectators drawn to the Deighton Cup

It’s important to keep your grates in good condition

North Vancouver is now home to a brand new MRI machine thanks to a $1 million donation to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation from property management and development company Hollyburn Properties.

You see the same massive influx of people at certain times of the year the world over. At Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. During festival season in Edinburgh. Throughout Oktoberfest in Munich.

As the temperature rises and lawns start to brown, Metro Vancouver is once again reminding residents to be conscious of their water-usage habits.

Community members, including Devon Lowrie, 13, and Giani Aeronn Bantugon, 15, help pull invasive plants and haul them away during a recent event at Wagg Creek Park presented by the City of North Vancouver, Evergreen and other community groups to mark

Tutzi Saringer (left), an 88-year-old resident living at Chartwell Churchill House Retirement Residence in North Vancouver, had her Wish of a Lifetime fulfilled June 22 as she travelled to Victoria with her daughter Keri (right) for a two-day visit,

Author, artist and heritage advocate Michael Kluckner, president of the Vancouver Historical Society, speaks at the recent West Vancouver Historical Society annual general meeting.