Living

IF you've been biking and walking more often this summer, the return to four wheels might feel like a sharp pinch in the pocketbook.

WITH the start of the school year, North Shore families are encouraged to keep daily physical activity a part of their schedule by participating in the Healthy Families B.C. Walking Challenge.

MANY years ago, somewhere near the equator, on a choppy Pacific Ocean, we recall opening a bottle of wine in our container ship quarters. The wine just happened to be Wolf Blass Yellow Label Cabernet Sauvignon (BCLS $17.

BESIDES my dogs Piper and Zumi my other big animal love is almost 1,100 pounds. That would be my five-yearold quarter horse Tex. As prey animals, horses are instinctually aware of animals that are predatory, such as dogs.

In the wake of a workplace injury, yoga practice eases her pain

Three years ago, after 25 years of marriage and three children, my husband had an affair with a woman. It ended when I found out. They spoke often on the phone and sent emails back and forth, as well as had sex.

Memory Games for the Body, Balance and Brain: A total body workout combining physical and brain fitness to improve memory, concentration, co-ordination and balance. Drop-in: John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St.

SKIPPING isn't just for kids on a playground

THE Okanagan comes to the North Van waterfront this week. The Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier and the Okanagan Valley's Hester Creek Winery are teaming up to offer an evening of food and wine in the Lobby Restaurant and Lounge on Thursday, Sept.

TODAY'S edition of the Older & Wiser column comes to you from Brantford, Ont. My great-grandparents settled here in the 1800s and I still have family in the area. Brantford is situated on the Grand River, about 100 kilometres west of Toronto.