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GardenSmart Workshop - Patio Veggies: Learn how to grow great food in containers Wednesday, May 23, 7-8: 30 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. Admission: $5. Registration: 604-990-3755. Info: www.

Researcher imagines a cure

- Spring Sprint, a 2.5-or five-kilometre walk or fun run in support of the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, Sunday, May 27 at Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, 3760 Sperling Ave. Registration: 10 a.m. Start: 11 a.m. Info: www.braintumour.

Lolo programs help clients be more active

NORTH Shore seniors are fortunate to have a variety of recreation options.

WV track star smashes masters world records

FROM time to time, a plant will generate a variation markedly different from the parent stock. Gardeners call this a sport. The term defines West Vancouver's Christa Bortignon in the horticultural sense and as an athlete.

It's off to Dreamland for Fido

I'M amazed at how a 95-pound dog can possess the stealth like qualities of a panther. He sneaks onto the bed some time during the night without the slightest jiggle of the mattress or misstep on human body parts.

B.C. wines stand up in global tasting

SEVERAL years ago, Quails Gate coowner Ben Stewart did something unprecedented. He held a tasting of his wines at the Four Seasons, mixed in with comparable drops from elsewhere in the world.

Guys rock bright colours for grad

BOYS are using colour and casual footwear to freshen up their look on prom night, but their dates are the ones who are really calling the shots, sometimes from behind the scenes.

Road warriors take to the streets

Pavement pedaling 'the new golf'

Shoulder check

A glimpse at the trail-blazing history of the whistler mountain bike park

Truly a place worth fighting for

- The Sacred Headwaters; The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena and Nass by Wade Davis, Greystone Books, 160 pages, $50. There is a place in northwestern British Columbia where three mighty rivers originate.