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Trevan Nagano, 8, Ridgeway elementary Art teacher: Michelle Pratt Favourite art: animation Favourite artist: David Shannon His teacher writes: Trevan communicates well through his visual art projects.

Every so often I like to venture out into the marketplace to see what's new and trendy on retail shelves in terms of entertaining ideas for both inside and outside on the patio. It's easy to be stylish on a budget.

It was time to prepare dinner. My niece and nephew along with my children were all in the kitchen ready to help. Now, these kids ranged in age from two-and-a-half to six years old.

My first exposure to a truly small home was back in May 1990 when a professor of mine at McGill University built a tiny 1,000 square foot house right on the grounds of the university's downtown campus. Prof.

The argument goes something like this: Invasive plants displace native plants, damage ecosystems, contribute to the loss of habitat for wildlife and cost the economy millions of dollars.

With about 75 hectares of rainforest to run around in, it’s not surprising that West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park summer camps have been a popular choice for more than 10 years.

It’s a popular plot device in many summer camp movies for young campers to get up to mischief, especially if it exacts some slapstick-style vengeance on not-so-friendly campers or camp leaders.

Last summer, a group of kids ran up to Dan Grima and excitedly exclaimed they had just watched a mother grouse followed by four babies. “They were just enlightened by this experience,” says Grima, the Adventure Program supervisor at Grouse Mountain.

When Daniel LaRusso defeated the Cobra Kai with an impressive-looking crane kick in 1984 it forever secured a place for martial arts in pop culture and made millions of boys and girls suddenly want to become karate kids.

Fresh St. Market's chef Stu Smith and chef Fred Ram helped serve more than 1,000 halibut burgers at the West Vancouver grocer's Halibut Festival on May 3.