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A day in the life of a wildlife rehabilitator Learn about the life-saving work of animal rescuers Wednesday, March 18, 2:30 p.m. at Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver. Suggested donation $2 per person or $5 per family.

Returning birds make their voices heard in local spaces

With World Water Day being observed March 22, representatives of Evergreen's Uncover Your Creeks program are encouraging community members to take action to protect urban watersheds.

Registered counsellor Deborah Braun speaks at Lions Gate Hospital at a health forum, presented by Vancouver Coastal Health’s North Shore Chronic Disease Services, entitled Lighten the Emotional Burden of Diabetes: Insights and Strategies.

North Shore Women’s Centre executive director Michelle Dodds takes her daughter Yzabella and Laura Yarwood on a tour of the facility during a recent open house.

Barre Fitness North Shore owner Norrie Zaplatynsky leads participants in an initiative dubbed the Workout to Conquer Cancer, a fundraising fitness challenge supporting the B.C. Cancer Foundation, at her North Vancouver studio March 5.

Lions Gate Hospital Foundation president Judy Savage and Vancouver Coastal Health coastal chief operating officer Mike Nader congratulate the recipients of the 2015 LGH foundation’s North Shore Health Care Awards for Outstanding Achievement, includin

I was reminded the other day of my aversion to dog parks. Nine years ago, when my pointer Piper, who is now 10, was an adolescent, we were going through a few challenging behaviours, as most dog owners experience with their dogs around that age.

Question: My back and knees hurt with gym rehab. Is a pool program a good option? Answer: A low-intensity pool program could be just what you need. In a pool, there is little impact on the joints or vertebrae.

"The good life started for me after the war," says one of the North Shore's newest centenarians. In 1945, George Lea married, was demobbed from the Royal Canadian Air Force and returned to his career as an insurance man.