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ROMANCING THE STOVE: Holiday menu includes potatoes, salmon, cake

ROMANCING THE STOVE: Holiday menu includes potatoes, salmon, cake

Here we are on the threshold of 2016 and 2015 seems to have gone by in a blur. It’s hard to believe that I’m in my fifth year of writing this column. Each week, my columns feature a few recipes that I feel are particularly good.
PARENTING TODAY: Teach children Christmas etiquette

PARENTING TODAY: Teach children Christmas etiquette

"Serena, wait until everyone is served before you start eating." Eight-year-old Serena looks at you as if you were speaking a foreign language.
Fashion Flashback

Fashion Flashback

Models walk the catwalk at the recent Ivan Sayers Fashion Show, held last month at Amica at West Vancouver. The event, From Rationing to Ravishing: Fashions from the 1930s to the 1950s, featured Sayers and his vintage collection.
Pet food drive helps animals in need

Pet food drive helps animals in need

Lisa Brasso, Adam Ashurst, Laurie Lerner and Micki Ashurst, with canine friends Violet and Perry, are collecting donations for the 11th annual Dog Handlers’ Christmas Pet Food and Supplies Drive.
MAKING CENTS: Plan for the inevitable today

MAKING CENTS: Plan for the inevitable today

Today’s topic is estate planning. I have a few exciting things you need to consider … well maybe they’re not that exciting! I know the last thing anyone wants to think about is their own death and how to plan for it … I know I don’t.

Calling all adventurers

The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival and Mountain Equipment Co-op have announced a new grant intended to enable local explorers and adventurers to undertake their dream expeditions.
North Van family takes off

North Van family takes off

YVR autism accessibility tour enabling local family to embark on Disney dream vacation
CANINE CONNECTION: Think twice before giving a puppy as a Christmas present

CANINE CONNECTION: Think twice before giving a puppy as a Christmas present

After almost 20 years of writing this column, I have learned many things. One is that what I write about seems to be open to interpretation by those who like to read what they want to read instead of what it is I am actually saying.
OLDER AND WISER: Screening tests unfair to older drivers

OLDER AND WISER: Screening tests unfair to older drivers

If I want to know what is on my readers' minds I just have to look in my inbox.
Musician shedding light on homelessness

Musician shedding light on homelessness

Launching new single ‘Joe’ Sunday at Lookout Society fundraiser