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North Shore Women's Centre marks 40 years of supporting local residents

How liquid is your rainy day fund - assuming, that is, you do have an emergency reserve? The annual BMO Rainy Day Survey showed 68 per cent of Canadians have had to rely on their emergency savings to pay for an unexpected expense.

CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP Learn effective arthritis selfmanagement skills and the principles of pain management Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1-3 p.m. at Harry Jerome Community Centre, 123 East 23rd St., North Vancouver. Free. Registration required.

It's a recipe that's pretty much impossible to screw up: take one small car, insert one large engine. Add gasoline. Mix well.

Attention: Fans of Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion - stock up this month and $10 of the $47 purchase price will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

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Beauty Spot

FOR THE GIRLS, a fundraising event, will take place next Wednesday, Oct. 16, during store hours at Prelude, 1441 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver, to kick off the women's fashion boutique's breast cancer awareness campaign.