In the Community

Advantage Preschool holds a public display on Friday evening

If you're like me, you're probably in denial about the whole thing, but as I find myself just about ready to flip to June in my calendar, I have to concede that summer is coming up awfully fast.

Young people often have innovative solutions to fix problems they see in their communities, they just need to be heard and supported – that is the idea behind the upcoming Young Philanthropy Council Mini-Grants day on June 7, at the Vancouver Public 

Plus strawberries for sale, summer reading picks, and Kinder Morgan application – what more could you want?

Although men have been assigned the stereotype of working the backyard barbecue, it is a joy that is shared by all home culinary enthusiasts. It's a summertime passion.

Like most eight-year-olds, Maya Ahira and her friend Vanessa Singh love animals. Unlike most kids their age, the girls turned their love of all things furry into cold hard cash for the SPCA.

Even people who don't normally grow vegetables find the notion of picking their own fresh ripe tomatoes quite irresistible. Nurseries offer lots of transplants and some will be marked as being ideal for containers.

Our Then & NOW series takes a look back in the archives, to see the city’s changes through the years

Here is our curated list for the weekend of May 24 and 25.

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