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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Humans’ names: Eight-year-old Kyler and seven-year-old Hayley Jonckheere Pet: Levi, a nine-month-old shepherd cross Pet tale: The Jonckheeres recently adopted Levi from West Vancouver-based Dogwood Rescue Society.