Living

Visitors to BC Parks and forestry recreation sites have another reason to celebrate Canada’s Parks Day, with the addition of 431 new campsites throughout the province.

Let’s Go Biking showcases nine cycling routes around and through Richmond.

This week I resume my search for exciting summer wines. The journey for discovering fine wine is a lifetime pursuit filled with more joys than regrets. My first choice is one of those joyful turns in the fork in the road.

In addition to learning something new, cycling shows kids that determination pays off while also providing them with the freedom they need to grow into their own person.

If you live somewhere long enough, or if you’ve lived somewhere for your entire life, you may never notice the natural world around since it’s basically always the same.

The BC Ale Trail has grown a little bigger, which means more beers for everyone. Three Richmond craft brewers have signed on to this tourism-backed initiative to spread the word about the province’s many fantastic local craft brewers.

Richmond’s blueberry farms are well into harvest mode -- along with 600 other farms across the province.

Do you have a great shot of local wildlife to share? The BC SPCA is now accepting entries for its annual Wildlife-in-Focus photography contest.

This summer when I’m on vacation, I plan to do things a little differently. There’ll be no ferry involved. No plane. No car with a roof rack. There’ll be no suitcase, no map, no boarding ticket.

Long lineups outside Bloedel Conservatory for the chance to see, and smell, rare bloom