Living

When the banshees howl and the zombies prowl, Halloween can’t be far away. Scare up some ghoulish goodies for your festivities on All Hallows Eve, severed finger food anyone? No nightmarish ingredients are required for these easy appetizers.

In my career I have been on both the issuing and receiving ends of countless news releases; I understand their value as modes of information transmission.

Universal Outreach Foundation’s Stop Ebola Now task force gets ready to distribute hygiene kits to families in Royesville, Montserrado County in the West African nation of Liberia.

Connor Knickerbocker, Dayne Jackson and Shane Devine of Team To The Max invite community members to join them for the 2015 Ride To Conquer Cancer benefitting B.C. Cancer Foundation.

Michelle Pollard and her Clumber spaniel Newman encourage people to pick up a 2015 St. John Ambulance Therapy Dogs calendar.

Notices Bike to Work Week will take place from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2. More than 30 celebration stations will be set up across Metro Vancouver and bike commuters are invited to stop for free bike repairs, coffee, snacks, maps, prize draws and more.

Timing, they say, is everything. A group of seniors from West Vancouver are making the case that the system around Registered Retirement Investment Fund (RRIF) withdrawals is broken.

Every once in a while I am asked why I became a dog trainer and my answer is always the same: "I don't know.

I ran into "Larry" the lifeguard not long ago - literally. He was doing his daily workout run from Capilano River along the water to the Dundarave pier and back. He's in great physical shape, 40-ish and single.

The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.