Living

The secret garden Hudson's Bay Park Royal is holding The Secret Garden fundraising event April 25 in support of women dealing with the effects of cancer and cancer treatment on their appearance.

The first time 12-year-old Lily Rosenfeld stepped onto an aerial silk, she was hooked.

Back in the late 1970s, a young North Shore News journalist-to-be in a small Ontario town was discouraged from taking karate because it wasn’t something girls did back then. I was forced to take ballet and modern jazz instead.

West Vancouver Basketball Club offers developmental programs for kids in grades 2-10. Head coach Greg Meldrum answers some questions about his program and the game.

Most sleepaway summer camps don’t allow campers to bring their own food, especially candy, but there are three things every camper should pack: sunscreen, a hat and bug spray. Bug spray for sure, explains 11-year-old Olivia Brennan.

When Erika Sadovsky was first introduced to table tennis she wasn’t tall enough to see over the table. That’s not surprising since she was only five years old at the time, so she concentrated on just learning how to bounce the ball on the paddle.

Jocelyn Wade and Ann Pentland invite the public to the upcoming annual Park & Tilford Plant Sale, presented by the Friends of the Garden, Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Park & Tilford Gardens, 333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver.

Local youths participate in an invasive plant removal organized by the Lower Mainland Green Team at West Vancouver’s Hay Park Feb. 24.

Silky smooth, comforting, melt-in-your-mouth, eggy goodness. I’m talking about one of my favourite things in the world: custard. Baked egg custard was a standard remedy for stomach ailments in my family.

I celebrated a big birthday this year. It was big to the extent that it marked a nice round number, one of those milestones that end in zero and to which we humans attach special significance.