Living

HERE'S a cute craft idea for the kids to make on Father's Day. This year, surprise Dad with a gift placed inside a custom made gift bag. These cute little gift bags take only minutes to assemble and make wonderful wrappings for his special day.

THERE be bugs in the garden. But that's a good thing, so stay calm, do some homework and understand if you need to intervene or not.

Lawn Sprinkling Regulation: Until Sept. 30 sprinkling will be permitted from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. only. Even numbered addresses may sprinkle Mondays, Wednesdays or Saturdays and odd numbered addresses on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Sundays.

A well designed home is a composition of spaces that graduate from the public to the private and provide varying levels of intimacy for household members to express themselves communally and individually.

I love this town, but it occurs to me that in some ways I don't fit in well here. There is something about the West Coast trend for tearing down old buildings and replacing them with sparkly new ones that rubs me the wrong way.

Give youngsters the freedom to explore

WHEN she was a little girl, growing up in Healay Chaubas, a small village in a remote region of Nepal, Kamala Yonzon Tahrayli dreamed of one day having direct access to water. Having to wake every morning at 3: 30 a.m.

Iain Baxter& for Dinner: An intimate dinner with conceptual artist Iain Baxter& (pronounced Baxterand) Thursday, June 14, 7 p.m. at Pier 7 restaurant + bar, 25 Wallace Mews, North Vancouver.

Call for Contestants: The public is invited to audition for Chartwell's annual Senior Star singing and musical instrument competition that will take place on June 28.

ROSANNE QUEEN STARTS TO BREAK DOWN. Overwhelmed by the strong show of support she's received in the lead-up to an inaugural fundraiser in support of scleroderma research, she couldn't be happier. A volunteer with the Scleroderma Association of B.C.