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Wrap It Up Red Campaign: Canadian Blood Services is asking for Canadians to donate blood during the holiday season. Upcoming clinics include: Saturday, Jan. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at North Lonsdale United Church, 3380 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.

Sports, Recreation, Games, Fitness Health Yoga Gentle stretches and breathing exercises to help flexibility and relax your mind Mondays, 9-10 a.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. $48 for eight classes.

Recent and chronic sufferers alike often imagine the entire cause of their shoulder pain to be excess joint strain, but the true culprits are very frequently poor posture and a weak, unbalanced back.

Many of you have witnessed the dramatic drop in the price of oil and watched in awe as Canadian energy stocks have given up almost half their value since September.

Wrap It Up Red Campaign Canadian Blood Services is asking for Canadians to donate blood during the holiday season. Upcoming clinics include: Saturday, Jan. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at North Lonsdale United Church, 3380 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.

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Vintage Fashion Complete by Nicky Albrechtsen ( Chronicle Books, 432 pages ) $102 Fashion is always simultaneously looking forward and back.

The eve of the new year is always a time for both reflection and hope. We reflect on what has transpired and hope that it will either continue, or move out of our lives.

One of my readers let me know that she has noted that children and their parents are not considerate when they meet a dog on the road. She walks her dog in her neighbourhood and has, for example, experienced kids on bikes whipping up behind them.

A North Vancouver teen is among the winners of the 2014 Vancouver Writers Fest's Spreading the Word writing contest for B.C.