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Carole Lindsay and Mari-lou Laishley invite the public to attend the Annual Elegant Flea Market on Saturday, Nov. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Ave.

Tomorrow being Halloween, I thought it appropriate to offer up some of my favourite recipes using pumpkin.

So it's 4 p.m., you have picked up the kids from school and tomorrow is Halloween. You just realized you don't have a pumpkin let alone carved one and the kids look like they are about to sacrifice you to the Halloween gods. No problem.

Carmen Ingham from North Vancouver placed second in the inaugural Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship competition on Sunday.

Whenever you try something new there are always going to be some people who aren't ready to accept change and they will resist the idea. Case in point, a story by Jacob Zinn of the Surrey Now newspaper ( thenownewspaper.

KODALY ORFF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN Free trial classes are offered for babies and toddlers Tuesday and Thursday mornings, preschool Tuesday mornings and kindergarten, Monday afternoons. Call 604-984-4901 for details on times and locations.

Can You See What I See? Out of This World by Walter Wick (Scholastic Cartwheel Books, 2013) Books are obviously great for reading but they can provide an additional connection between book and reader as well.

Grade 12 students on the North Shore could win up to $6,000 for their school's dry grad celebration. Starting Sept.

Tatum Gray, 11, Canyon Heights elementary school Art teacher: Susannah Howick Favourite art: acrylic and oil, abstract Favourite artists: Kandinsky and Vincent van Gogh Her teacher writes: Tatum uses her art to express her emotions and impressions.

BLACK BEARS: A NATURAL HISTORY Tony Hamilton, senior biologist for the B.C. Ministry of Environment, will speak on the natural history and conservation of black bears Saturday, Nov. 2, 1:30-3:30 p.m.