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Choose only the best exotic pet for you

People often ask me, "Matthew, what is the best exotic pet, and where can I get one?" Yes, maybe I prompt them extensively, or even slip them $5 just for asking, but it is a good question, and one I enjoy answering.


 

Choose only the best exotic pet

People often ask me, "Matthew, what is the best exotic pet, and where can I get one?" Yes, maybe I prompt them extensively, or even slip them $5 just for asking, but it is a good question, and one I enjoy answering.


 

Leave Bear Creek Park alone

Re: "Parking lot open house gets heated," the Now, May 9.


 
The South Delta Artists Guild

Local artists help animals

The South Delta Artists Guild will be hosting a fun and family-oriented open house on Saturday to mark the opening of a special exhibit.


 
Many birds, including the tree swallow

Spring is the season to look skyward

THERE are signs everywhere that spring has arrived, like bright golden skunk cabbage, cream-coloured Indian plum and pink salmonberry flowers adding their cheer to the greenery.


 

OWL welcomes the public for annual open house

The Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, located on 72nd Street in East Ladner, is a non-profit organization that rehabilitates and releases injured and orphaned birds of prey.


 
The eagle image

Inspired by Times photo

Chilliwack scroll-saw artist Gary Johnson took some recent inspiration from a Chilliwack Times photograph of a bald eagle in a tree.


 
Owl

Local World Vision volunteer awarded

Burnaby resident Robert Edwards was awarded a Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal for his volunteer work helping children. Edwards is a semi-retired businessman who volunteers with World Vision.


 
The osprey, or fish hawk

Spring brings raptor sightings

WHAT were those indignant sounding screams coming from a raptor circling high in the sky above Maplewood Conservation Area one crisp winter morning?


 
Birds, Birds, Birds exhibition

Events put focus on birds

Bird enthusiasts have a few events to mark on the calendar.


 
Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation

OWL faces flooding at East Ladner facility

It's been a tough go but somehow they're making it work at the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society.


 
Short-eared owls

Waterfowl plumage captivates

IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID THAT FOR NATURE SEEKERS, EACH MONTH, EACH WEEK AND EACH DAY HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL REWARDS - AND WINTER IS NO EXCEPTION.


 

Put deer, owls before new casino in Surrey

I am a neighbouring resident to the proposed hotel casino development and therefore am opposed to said development.


 

Fewer birds, more species

Dozens of birdwatchers counted more than 100 different bird species in the Chilliwack area last month during the 113th Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC).


 

Locals set to wing it with national count

It looks like Ladner may once again finish tops in Canada in the annual Christmas Bird Count.


 
Jude Grass

Ladner Bird Count likely tops again

It looks like Ladner may once again finish tops in Canada in the annual Christmas Bird Count.


 

What birds of prey taught me about life

Hi, my name is Brad. I'm 12 years old and I'm in grade seven at Latimer Road elementary in Surrey.


 
Food and weather are the biggest concerns

Spotting winter birds

IT was a glorious sight to see the North Shore Mountains sparking with a cloak of snow recently.


 

Tidal flats host migrating shorebirds

"WHERE have all the swallows gone?" is a question I'm often asked.