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Minter: Want butterflies in your garden? Here are the best plants

Minter: Want butterflies in your garden? Here are the best plants

We are slowly learning the true value of insects in our gardens, as friends, pollinators and natural predators for some of our more troublesome pests. Others, like butterflies, also add an element of grace and beauty to our gardens.
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This Coquitlam event will help seniors stay healthy

This Coquitlam event will help seniors stay healthy

Day-long event features seminars, exhibits and even food trucks
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Ask Ellie: Apology, sobriety, therapy first steps after inappropriate text

Ask Ellie: Apology, sobriety, therapy first steps after inappropriate text

When a partnership involves each other’s children, respecting/protecting/treating them as your own, is essential.
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Hey, Colleague: Can you leave your burnout behind?

Hey, Colleague: Can you leave your burnout behind?

We are on a constant quest to optimize life. A higher salary. A bigger house. A faster car. More things. More, more, more.
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Ask Ellie: Dating apps not the only way to find love

Ask Ellie: Dating apps not the only way to find love

Don’t give up on finding love. Dating apps can help, but for shy people it’s sometimes better to just bump into the person who takes your breath away.
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Here's how to make Aki's Tea, the award-winning cocktail inspired by a Vancouver restaurant

Here's how to make Aki's Tea, the award-winning cocktail inspired by a Vancouver restaurant

When Takeuchi opened Aki Restaurant he was the first to bring authentic Japanese food to Vancouver.
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Ask Ellie: Supporting heartbroken pal part of being true friend

Ask Ellie: Supporting heartbroken pal part of being true friend

True friendship is a two-way gift, not a one-way route to only satisfying your own self-interest.
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Racism in yoga: how a Vancouver yoga instructor is healing racial traumas in Vancouver's Asian community

Racism in yoga: how a Vancouver yoga instructor is healing racial traumas in Vancouver's Asian community

Irene Lo shares how BIPOC communities can heal from racial traumas despite the white supremacy, colonialism and racism present in Vancouver's yoga world.
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It's kitten season in Vancouver right meow!

It's kitten season in Vancouver right meow!

Missed the pandemic pet craze? Fear not.
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Period products too pricey, say majority of Canadians who menstruate

Period products too pricey, say majority of Canadians who menstruate

Period poverty continues to affect 500 million people in the world.
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