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Vegetable Gardening Course: Learn how to gather knowledge by observation in your garden: A new approach to weeding, Saturday, June 7, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Cultivate Sharing Garden, 644 Queensbury Ave., North Vancouver. cultivateprojects.
Put pests in their place this growing season

Put pests in their place this growing season

Arm yourself with natural control methods

Encourage kids to engage in free play

You can't open the newspaper without seeing another story about how our children just aren't active enough. The most recent report is from Active Healthy Kids Canada.
Incorporate theme into wedding favours

Incorporate theme into wedding favours

June is a wonderful time for many couples to get married and start their life together. It's the time of year where wedding fairs are bursting with ideas and young brides are counting down the days until their big day.
Morning chorus amazes visitors

Morning chorus amazes visitors

Nature reveals glorious worlds of sounds and colours - beauty for which mere words are unable to describe. And we need not travel to distant lands to find such amazing beauty, it's right here on the North Shore.
Ay, there’s the homemade rub

Ay, there’s the homemade rub

It’s time to clean up your outdoor grill in preparation for another season of cooking al fresco. If you’re stuck in the store-bought barbecue sauce rut, it’s time to branch out and try some homemade rubs and sauces.
Mexican meal at the quay proves to be muy bueno

Mexican meal at the quay proves to be muy bueno

There are few places as cynical and depressing to me in modern Western culture than the food court at a mall. Typically these places are populated by fast food chains doling out over-salted, fatty, highly standardized fare in assembly line fashion.
A Taste of Giving

A Taste of Giving

Lisa Stalham and her family, including nephew Jonah Roberts shown here, host a charity garage sale in North Vancouver May 24 in support of her campaign, The Amazing Raise 2014.
Ride to Conquer Cancer

Ride to Conquer Cancer

With the 2014 edition of the Ride to Conquer Cancer benefitting B.C. Cancer Foundation just around the corner, June 14-15, community members have been busy conducting fundraising efforts. conquercancer.ca
Ride to Conquer Cancer

Ride to Conquer Cancer

With the 2014 edition of the Ride to Conquer Cancer benefitting B.C. Cancer Foundation just around the corner, June 14-15, community members have been busy conducting fundraising efforts. conquercancer.ca