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Community members interested in preventative health are encouraged to attend an upcoming forum seeing a range of local doctors and healthcare professionals team up with a goal of informing and empowering those in attendance to live their best lives.

The Book of the Dog by Angus Hyland and Kendra Wilson (Laurence King Publisher, 159 pages) $20.

Tipping servers has its pros and cons but is a well-established norm in the eatery biz

How and why Jonathan Chovancek first became a chef is worth another story on its own. He’d much rather talk about why he has stayed with cooking: the people; the people he has worked with and the people he has cooked for.

Take a walk through the community garden at Queen Mary elementary and you may see something you didn’t expect: fruit trees. Pears, cherries, apples, and plums, are all part of the “food forest,” as staff at the Edible Garden Project refer to it.

In 1975, a group of eight friends decided to publish a cookbook. That may not sound like a big deal nowadays, but it was back then.

Fashion firecracker Miriam Alden recently sent her brand of cheekily-phrased sweatshirts and on-trend threads down the runway at Vancouver Fashion Week earlier this month.

North Shore Parents of Multiples are holding their annual Kids Stuff Swap Sale on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Holy Trinity elementary, 128 West 27th St., North Vancouver. Find gently used toys, clothing and baby gear.

This year when the young ones venture out on All Hallows' Eve, greet them with some creepy crawlies on your front steps. Nothing says spooky like black rats scurrying around your feet on Halloween.

National Waste Reduction Week is an opportunity for British Columbians to work together on reducing waste and conserving resources. Across the country, from Oct.