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RACHEL KO, 11, MONTROYAL ELEMENTARY Art teacher: Mark Thomson Favourite art: drawing and painting Favourite artist: Vincent van Gogh Her teacher writes: Rachel is a very talented young artist.

PERHAPS it should come as no surprise, but some of our best tastes from last week's wine festival amounted to some pretty spectacular food and wine pairings.

? Mastering Snowboarding, by Hannah Teter and Tawnya Schultz, Human Kinetics, 200 pages, $26.95. YOU may be a ski enthusiast looking for a new way to enjoy the slopes or someone just discovering the joy of the mountains for the first time.

Collaborative rehab program yields positive results

Time spent hunched over gadgets can affect back and cause pain

EVER wonder how performing arts programs - concerts, opera, theatre and dance - make it onto our radios and televisions? Someone has to say yes or no.

NOTE to self: don't leave the cellphone on the coffee table and within the new puppy's reach.

THOSE T4, T5 and other information slips have started to arrive, heralding that taxing time of the year once again.

NOTICES Search for Vancouver's Outstanding Senior Volunteer: To raise awareness and commend outstanding senior volunteers, Vancouver Home Instead Senior Care is sponsoring the 2013 Salute to Senior Service award program and requests the public's help

PRELUDE: an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important. In this dictionary definition, womenswear retailer Maureen Elliott found inspiration and a new name for her boutique at 1441 Bellevue Ave. in West Vancouver.