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IN September, Lions Gate Christian Academy launched an Outdoor Education program that instills independence, teamwork, life skills and environmental awareness. There has been an enthusiastic response from Grade 9 and 10 students.

Academics and personal growth are key

Studies dish the dirt on Millennials

Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes will be available until Nov. 18 at North Shore Alliance Church, 201 East 23rd St., North Vancouver. Pack a shoe box and make a difference to a child living in desperate circumstances. Info: www.samaritanspurse.

They find strength in diversity

Nourish Your Community: Too much fruit on your trees? If you have a hard time eating all of your fruit, don't let it go to waste. Donate it.

IN a much-publicized article in The New York Times, some of Silicon Valley's top executives and employees, who have chosen Waldorf education for their children, explain why they believe technology can wait.

IMAGINE a school where each student is excited about the day ahead; where students are encouraged to be risk takers and ask questions and where every opportunity is seen as a learning experience.

A U.S. sailor caught with hundreds of images of child pornography while his ship was docked in North Vancouver has been sent to jail for 18 months. Henry Carlton Sheppard, 25, of Seattle, was arrested Sept.

WHY is it that we can never find a paperclip, elastic band or staples when we need them?