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Stormwater is water from rain, snow and melted ice

WHEN earthquakes devastated Japan last March the aftershocks were felt all the way in North Vancouver.

AFTER weeks of Vancouver's spongy, puddly summer, the sight of a few cumulus clouds smudged through blue sky over Lake Okanagan hardly merits a second look. Except to marvel at how they are reflected in the sparkling water.

Art teacher: Teresa Anton-Marlowe Favourite art: Acrylic painting Favourite artist: Alex Gray Her teacher writes: Avesta is a talented young artist who loves to incorporate vivid colours in her compositions. Her latest work is bold and graphic.

Rethinking outdoor cooking

REGULAR readers of my columns will know that I fully support and endorse children walking - walking to school, to the park, to their friend's house or to the corner store. Walking places is much more than regular exercise.

IF you grow your own tomatoes, you know the pleasure of plucking a warm, red globe off the vine, sprinkling it with sea salt and relishing it then and there with the juice running down your arm.

B.C. Parks is celebrating an important milestone this year and North Shore residents are encouraged to get in on the fun. In honour of the park system's 100th anniversary, representatives of the Elders Council for Parks in B.C.

CONSIDERING that only a few years back it just wasn't considered cool to "drink pink," rosé's rise in popularity has been swift, to say the least.

A friend sold his business for $1 million when he was 40. That was 30 years ago and he hasn't worked since then. Well, that's not exactly true.