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Five things to do this weekend in the Tri-Cities

Five things to do this weekend in the Tri-Cities

Events guide for Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, Nov. 13 to 15, 2020.
Everything you need to know to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning

Everything you need to know to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide (CO) symptoms can mimic the common flu, but left untreated can be deadly.
Try ukulele lessons to lift your spirit during the pandemic

Try ukulele lessons to lift your spirit during the pandemic

The warm weather and sandy beaches of Hawaii may seem like a long way away right now.
Ikea just dropped a sweet new plant-based treat in Coquitlam

Ikea just dropped a sweet new plant-based treat in Coquitlam

Ikea just released a sweet new menu item that customers have been clamouring for: Plant-based soft serve. Made using a strawberry purée base, the vegan frozen treat gives flexitarians and plant-based guests a dessert option.
Eric Akis: Pulled turkey sandwiches give leftovers a southern twist

Eric Akis: Pulled turkey sandwiches give leftovers a southern twist

If you’re roasting a turkey for Thanksgiving and have leftovers, making sandwiches with sliced turkey on your favourite type of bread is a common way to use them up.
Book excerpt: Takaya: The Lone Wolf

Book excerpt: Takaya: The Lone Wolf

A book excerpt, by Cheryl Alexander
Tri-Cities woman takes pandemic sourdough craze to the next level

Tri-Cities woman takes pandemic sourdough craze to the next level

An Anmore woman who had always wanted to launch her own food business said it took a pandemic to get her sourdough enterprise off the ground.
Eric Akis: Broccoli and aged cheddar a magic combo

Eric Akis: Broccoli and aged cheddar a magic combo

Two foods that work marvelously together are broccoli and aged cheddar cheese. The flavour of mildly mustardy, earthy tasting broccoli is always brought to a finer place when combined in some way with that rich and tangy cheese.
How a woman found purpose, passion as a Therapeutic Recreation Assistant

How a woman found purpose, passion as a Therapeutic Recreation Assistant

Holding back tears, Montana Shermann takes a breath. “Sorry, I haven’t talked about them for a while,” she says. She pulls herself to the present and continues, “I was close with my grandparents who passed away recently.
B.C.’s top restaurant supplier opens doors to public with contactless grocery delivery and pickup

B.C.’s top restaurant supplier opens doors to public with contactless grocery delivery and pickup

Home cooking with restaurant-quality ingredients just got a whole lot more convenient and affordable.