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HOT pink: Gender stereotypes be darned as it's their colour of choice.

NOT that we need more reasons to drink Riesling, but last week's visit by Ernie Loosen ("Dr. L.") provided more reminders as to why this really is the most versatile and glorious of grapes.

"YOU should talk to my mom," said George Robinson, a butcher at Queensdale Market. "She and my dad looked after most of the Cubs and Scouts in North Vancouver for years." Margaret Robinson shows me a treasured family photograph.

Balance and Mobility Training Part Two will take place Monday, Sept. 19, 2 p.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Steadyfeet certified instructors Judy Bjornson and Susan Bock Smith will give a demonstration. Info: 604-987-9395.

Canadian women overwhelmingly believe that the benefits of earlier breast cancer screening programs are far more important to them than the limited risks of false positive results, a new national public opinion survey shows.

Treat yourself this fall, and raise money for cancer research at the same time

- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ride for Diabetes Research, Friday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Georgia Street Plaza, Vancouver Art Gallery. Info: www.jdrf.ca/ ride.

- North Shore Kidney Run, Sunday, Sept. 25, Ambleside Park, West Vancouver. Participants can choose an 8/5/2.5-kilometre course. A kids run is also scheduled. Registration: 8 a.m. Run/walk: 9 a.m. Info: www.northshorekidneyrun.ca.

LET'S face it; we all want to buy local, but sometimes, especially when it comes to fashion, that just isn't possible. Ladies need variety, and quite often we turn to the runways of London, Paris and New York for our inspiration.