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Eric Akis: Give your breakfast added flair

Eric Akis: Give your breakfast added flair

Eye-appealing, taste-tempting ingredients could include avocado, almonds, coconuts and maple syrup
Brace yourselves: Pumpkin Spice Latte season is here, ready or not

Brace yourselves: Pumpkin Spice Latte season is here, ready or not

While summer is still upon us, one of the biggest harbingers of fall will soon be on the landscape. Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING, including Starbucks’ infamous whipped-cream topped and spice-dusted milky espresso beverage, is about to take over.
Living Green: Protecting greenspace protects species

Living Green: Protecting greenspace protects species

In June, the Globe and Mail reported on Canada’s disappearing habitats and B.C.’s grim climate cycle.
Book of the Week: Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road

Book of the Week: Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road

In Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road, we meet author Kate Harris, a modern-day explorer.
Books Plus: Anime and Little Explorers

Books Plus: Anime and Little Explorers

This feature, written by librarians with Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam, is published each Thursday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries.
Here’s where you can get an In-N-Out burger in Metro Vancouver for one day only

Here’s where you can get an In-N-Out burger in Metro Vancouver for one day only

It’s a special day for Metro Vancouverites who love SoCal’s classic In-N-Out Burger and classic cars. The U.S. chain will once again be slinging burgers for the masses in what is their only Vancouver-area appearance at a popular annual Langley event.
You can now get Starbucks delivered to you by Uber Eats in Vancouver

You can now get Starbucks delivered to you by Uber Eats in Vancouver

Great news for people who don’t like to put on pants and face the world, or for those who are chained to their office desks: You can now get your Starbucks delivered to you by Uber Eats in Metro Vancouver.
Books Plus: Flash your library card for discounted PNE entry Aug. 21

Books Plus: Flash your library card for discounted PNE entry Aug. 21

This feature, written by librarians with Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam, is published each Thursday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries.
Book of the Week: Sadie

Book of the Week: Sadie

The author creates a believable story and characters with so much depth that I had to keep reminding myself that it wasn’t a true story.
Market Fresh: Blueberries abound in B.C.

Market Fresh: Blueberries abound in B.C.

Did you know that in 2015, British Columbia was the largest Canadian producer of cultivated blueberries, yielding 70,000 tonnes, and the world’s largest producer of blueberries by region?