Living

With serious summer weather right around the corner, what better time for our first of the season’s patio sippers, wines to show off your consummate good taste at the first al fresco opportunity.

Biannual Quilt Show The Lions Gate Quilters Guild will showcase over 200 quilts for display plus a raffle, merchant mall, boutique and tea room Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

The 5-minute Facial Workout by Catherine Pez (Robert Rose Inc., 192 pages) $19.95 Our faces are constantly exposed. They are warmed by the sun, cooled by the wind, soaked by the rain and blasted by the snow.

North Shore sisters start apparel line

Avery Elton participates in Day of the Honey Bee festivities at North Vancouver’s Loutet Farm May 31.

The 15th annual Art in the Garden Tour was held the weekend of May 31 and June 1. Presented by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council, the self-guided spring tour included 16 gardens, art by 38 artists and music by 22 performers.

Sunday, June 15 is Father's Day and it's the one day you can let your dad know how much he means to you. Those early morning hockey practices, lastminute bike repairs and lemonade stands all wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for good ol' dad.

What sort of parent are you? Helicopter, bubblewrap, tiger, dolphin or boss? These are only a few of the designations being placed on parents these days and not only that, tiger, dolphin and boss parents are the subjects of current parenting books.

Canada now has three main digital entertainment competitors

Emma Cairns, 17, Carson Graham Art teacher: Teresa Anton-Marlowe Favourite art: impressionism Favourite artist: Claude Monet Her teacher writes: Emma is a talented young artist who excels in precisely detailed and realistic renderings, such as this p