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103 Air Cadet Squadron: Open to youth ages 12-19, cadets meet Wednesdays, 6: 309: 30 p.m. at 1513 Forbes Ave., North Vancouver. Register at any meeting. Info: 604-9878818.

ALMOST two years ago, I found the sandwich of my dreams.

WHERE DID 16 YEARS GO? It will be 16 years this December that I have been writing my Home Ideas column for the North Shore News. To celebrate, I have been working on a website, lunter.

EACH year at this time a variety of wildlife seems to reappear in my garden looking for food, water and sometimes a place to rest

CHRISTMAS is just three weeks away (eeeekk!) and this weekend lots of us will be heading out to find the perfect tree.

I had a timely question this week from reader Norm Watt, who asked what a lot of tech consumers are wondering this season: should he buy a Windows 8 machine? Watt has an aging Dell desktop that's run Windows XP for nearly a decade.

QUESTION: We had such a beautiful summer that I started to ride my bike to work. But now that fall is here, I am riding less and sometimes in the dark.

North Shore man celebrates his 100th birthday HAROLD Plumsteel turned 100 on Nov. 20, celebrating the occasion with friends and family at Eagle Harbour Yacht Club. Go back nine decades. It's summer of 1924.

A North Vancouverite who runs a niche one-man business was recognized by the province last weekend. Kevin Sebastian, owner of Toolcomm Technology, took home a B.C.

20th Annual Honour a Life Celebration, Thursday, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Ave., West Vancouver. Free. Info: northshorehospice.ca.