Living

People need friends and so do gardens, and in the case of Park & Tilford Gardens, friends are needed more than ever.

Annual General Meeting: Old Growth Conservancy society with guest Sandra Bicego, manager of environment and sustainability, District of West Vancouver, will make a presentation on merging sustainability into the environment and vice versa: how can we

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.

Almost one quarter of the people in Metro Vancouver could be suffering from social isolation, according to early results from the My Health My Community survey.

When your body says “Give me cake now,” consider a slice of loaf cake. There are many variations on the loaf cake theme. The following recipes are three of my favourites. Brew a lovely pot of tea and indulge, but maybe stick to just one slice.

I wonder where the category of Food Truck Operator would rank on one of those job satisfaction surveys that always seem to be making the rounds on the Internet.

North Vancouver Thrifty Foods staff Michael Pogue, manager Corey Worobets, and Trevor Green display items from the store’s Send a Kid to Camp campaign. Until Feb.

Rae Payton, Lorraine Hunt and Jim McCarthy go head to head in a snowball toss competition Feb. 7 at West Vancouver’s Hollyburn House Retirement Community and Care Centre.

District of North Vancouver firefighter Chris Bennett pours a cup of coffee for Denny’s North Vancouver manager Abhinav Solanki. Community members are invited to a fundraiser for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation at the restaurant Sunday, Feb. 23.

The BC SPCA is participating in the second annual National Cupcake Day on Feb. 24 and is inviting members of the public to "bake a difference." Starting now, people can register online at nationalcupcakeday.ca .