Living

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.

Humans' names: Julia McDonald and Kaylie Foskett Pet: Willow is an eight-year-old black Lab-golden retriever-border collie cross. Favourite treat: Willow loves to eat dog bones of all types.

LAST year, Lisa Mingo and her family held a garage sale in the front yard of their West Vancouver home, and made a whopping $4,000. The family wasn't moving or trying to downsize.

MOST of the time, it's more fun to watch an annual general meeting than to run one. Those who organized the TransLink AGM last month would probably agree with me.

I'VE worked with dogs for almost two decades and lived with them for more than four decades. It's easy for me to read a dog's body language and know what he or she is saying by a turn of the head, a cocked ear or wag of a tail.