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Minter: How pruning fruit trees can be fun

Minter: How pruning fruit trees can be fun

"Open-vase" pruning allows fruit to develop inside the tree and on growing branches, explains master gardener Brian Minter.
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Reclaiming our kids from the screens

Reclaiming our kids from the screens

Every parent needs to decide what is too much, based on the age of their kids and what behaviour they notice in their children. 
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Photos: Port Moody wishes a happy (belated) birthday to ART

Photos: Port Moody wishes a happy (belated) birthday to ART

Jan. 17, 1963, was when Fluxus artist Robert Filliou decreed that day was when "ART" was born.
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Coquitlam River 'a sanctuary for us to escape from the realities of the world': artists

Coquitlam River 'a sanctuary for us to escape from the realities of the world': artists

New Westminster artist Robert Ascroft and Sue A. Cowan, of Coquitlam, took their sketchbooks to trails and parks around the Coquitlam River, and are now on display at PoMoArts.
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Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hilde worth a try for salad lovers

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hilde worth a try for salad lovers

Hilde is a cool season lettuce best grown for spring and autumn harvesting, which means early sowing for spring harvesting and a midsummer to late summer sowing for fall and early winter harvesting.
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Tickets double this month for uninsured drivers: Coquitlam RCMP

Tickets double this month for uninsured drivers: Coquitlam RCMP

Mounties in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam have handed out 24 violation tickets to drivers without vehicle insurance, since the start of 2024.
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Anmore composer scores music in début ballet

Anmore composer scores music in début ballet

Jack Campbell's "Absence & Creation" will have two showings in Vancouver, will feature four of Ballet BC’s emerging artists, and will include the UBC School of Music's New Coast Chamber Ensemble.
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A big food festival in the Tri-Cities is on its way in February

A big food festival in the Tri-Cities is on its way in February

The Taste of the Tri-Cities runs from Feb. 16 to March 10, 2024, offering set menus and great deals at Tri-City eateries.
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Minter: Pruning — the secret to a clean, fresh garden

Minter: Pruning — the secret to a clean, fresh garden

Master gardener Brian Minter: Sharpen your blades now and you'll be ready to trim for when the coldsnap ends.
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Screen time unkind for the developing mind

Screen time unkind for the developing mind

Before we deal with our children’s screen addictions, we first have to take a good honest look at our own screen dependency. 
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