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North Vancouver City Library’s Julie Cecchetto (right) introduces the library’s new Zero Waste Stations, intended to enable visitors and staff alike to recycle an increased range of items.

Across the globe from India to Europe to North and South America, people are expressing their distaste of GMOs and pesticides in the world's food supply.

I took an instant liking to Swad Indian Kitchen, the newest addition to West Vancouver’s dining scene. First of all, the interior is stunning, the sort of room that makes you take pause when you first enter.

There are certain smells that evoke warm, fuzzy feelings in me, and number one on the list is cinnamon.

November is a popular month for paint manufacturers to release their fall line-up. This year there appears to be a trend toward calming colours. Think of warm, down-to-earth brown tones and soft beachside hues.

Madelyn Lee-Cayetano, 9, St. Pius X

Family Services of the North Shore Christmas Bureau volunteers Margaret Floyd and Connie Earland sort donations at the organization’s Toy Shop, now open for the season at 129 West Esplanade in North Vancouver and accepting new unwrapped gifts and toy

It has been a really hard week for the human race. So much anger, fear, confusion and misinformation on so many levels. It makes me want to retreat to a mountain hideout, away from this fanatical chaos.

Just imagine spending a day without spending! Worldwide Buy Nothing Day, conceived in Vancouver in 1992, is coming soon - Nov. 27. It highlights a consumerism awareness option as it coincides with the annual Black Friday spending frenzy.

As temperatures across the province start to drop, the BC SPCA is encouraging people who are thinking about adopting a furry family member to consider cats. Until Nov. 30, all adult cat adoption fees are 50 per cent off. "It's cold outside.