Living

COQUITLAM Milk and Cookies Night for Dads and Tots: Dads, bring your kids, from birth to age four, for songs, stories, milk and cookies - and children can wear their PJs - on Wednesday, April 8, 7 to 7:45 p.m. at the City Centre branch (Room 137).

W ithout a doubt, spring arrived early this year. With wonderfully warm, sunny weather earlier in the month, the plants that time their flowering by temperature and not by length of day got an early start this year.

I t seems every time you go to a dessert bar, raspberries rule. Not only are they great tasting and decorative but they are also a great health food.

Editor's note: Today, The Tri-City News launches a new column, Living Green, aimed at providing practical information on the many simple ways individuals can be environmentally responsible in their everyday lives.

Books Plus runs in The Tri-City News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities' three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

Long days, white waters, ancient forests - if these grab your interest, the Rivershed Society of BC may have an opportunity for you.

L ast year was a great one for Canadian hockey: Hockey Canada turned 100, both the men's and women's ice hockey teams won gold at the Sochi Winter Olympics and Montreal and Toronto co-hosted the IIHF World Junior Championship (with Team Canada winnin

Coquitlam 50+ (Glen Pine and Dogwood pavilions) slo-pitch ball club is looking for men age 55+ and women 50+ from the Tri-Cities.

The Tri-Cities Community Seniors' Forum will be held at Winslow Centre, 1100 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Friday, March 27.

A s someone who with a keen interest in environmental issues, eternal disappointment seems to be my default response to many of the actions taken by industry and government. But occasionally, good things happen.