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Book List: Best Middle Grade Books for Summer!

Book List: Best Middle Grade Books for Summer!

A World Below by Wesley King – Mr. Baker’s eighth grade class goes on a field trip to Carlsbad Caverns, but the students get trapped in the caves because of an earthquake.
Column: Summer exploration for seniors

Column: Summer exploration for seniors

While there are countless people searching for meaning beyond a leisurely retirement, there are also folks who just want to enjoy our beautiful summer, commitment-free.
Column: The first 'R'

Column: The first 'R'

The ‘how-to’ of waste management has been summed up in the three words reduce, reuse and recycle. The first of them – reduce – is the most important because the less there is to begin with, the less there is to recycle or reuse.
Column: Sensational summer sippers

Column: Sensational summer sippers

It’s June and as we approach the longest day, here are three wine picks to celebrate the official start of summer. There’s something good from Germany, something casual from Chile and something special from New Zealand.
Walk among hundreds of free-flying butterflies this summer in Vancouver

Walk among hundreds of free-flying butterflies this summer in Vancouver

This summer you can stroll through a lush, green, tropical rainforest amidst hundreds of butterflies
Column: Gardening with arthritis

Column: Gardening with arthritis

I was recently asked to lead a senior’s workshop on gardening with arthritis. I thought that I had some knowledge of this topic as I have been afflicted with arthritis in my hands since my early 40s.
Try birding in Richmond with these free ‘birder backpacks’

Try birding in Richmond with these free ‘birder backpacks’

Richmond is renowned as a birding capital of B.C. and, thanks to a partnership between Tourism Richmond and Bird Studies Canada, anyone can try their hand at the hobby for free.
Column: Red hot wines at Hester Creek

Column: Red hot wines at Hester Creek

At the beginning of my Okanagan wine tour, I visited one of B.C.’s original wineries. Back in 1968, it was called Divino. Now 51 years later, it is owned by Curt Garland and called Hester Creek.
Lansdowne’s free drive-in returning with viewers’ choice of movies

Lansdowne’s free drive-in returning with viewers’ choice of movies

Lansdowne Centre’s free, annual drive-in movies are returning again this summer, but this time, movies will be decided by votes.
World class illusionist heading to Richmond for fundraiser show

World class illusionist heading to Richmond for fundraiser show

Bringing a show full of wonder to Richmond, a world class illusionist fresh off-Broadway is gearing up for a fundraising performance next month.