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SUMMER holidays are nearly over and the first day of school is looming

In earlier times, Sadie Hawkins dances, where the girls got to ask the guys, were popular occasions that brought some novelty and excitement to school life. These were inspired by Al Capps Lil Abner cartoons of hillbilly dogpatch life.

Summer Garden Party: Hart House at Deer Lake has announced the dates for their summer garden party series.

SOME of my favourite moments come when I look around me and consider how much I love living in this place.

WHY is it that so many homes seem to have been plopped onto their site with little or no consideration to the environment they inhabit, their windows appearing as decorative elements facing out to nothing at all while stellar views meet with the blan

THE success of a program seeing those in recovery from mental illness offer support to those currently struggling was celebrated on the North Shore Wednesday.

NOTICES Heritage Hike: The Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia will host a free workshop with Alex Douglas of the Mount Seymour History Project Thursday, Aug. 18 at 10 a.m.

WHEN did we start to live so loud? What made us decide that attention was the ultimate commodity? Maybe it's another unfortunate modern phenomenon that we can blame on Madonna.

Last time in this column, I featured a profile of the seniors population in North Vancouver.

B.C. wine laws move in mysterious ways. Just when the Hired Belly thinks things are getting better, we wind up scratching our head . . .