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Question: I recently moved into a top-floor Vancouver condo with a lovely terrace, which faces west and south making it extremely hot. I shall have a planter of about 10’ (3m) long and 24-inches deep (60cm).

What are Grade 3-4 students at Taylor Park thankful for? Samples of Derek Cockram’s class writing responses: I am thankful for the air. Without the air I would be choking. Without the air the world would be like mars. I am thankful for the ground.

Big Bang, God, vegetables and chinchillas all make the gratitude list for this Grade 3-4 class at Taylor Park Elementary School

Halloween house shivers timbers for Ugandan school

Narges Govahi has found the courage to transform her life in the tale of The Little Black Fish – thanks to the Burnaby Storytelling Project. Political and religious persecution forced Govahi and her husband to flee their native Iran in 2006.

Small space gardeners who have harvested most of their summer vegetables have several choices for occupying the bare earth in their containers as winter draws closer.

It's not usually an option for someone with an eating disorder to call and have a health-care professional show up at their door to help - but a new Burnaby-based private service is aiming to fix that.

After watching her mother fight cancer for years and her grandfather succumb to it, one Burnaby resident has decided to hit the concrete. Emily Macalister is fundraising for the B.C.

When you’ve had enough of your vehicle, what will you do with it? Trade it in? Private sale? How about parking it in the garage and forgetting about it? Before leasing, or even the notion of borrowing to purchase, vehicles were often bought for cash

If you want to get the kids to turn off their video-game consoles and have some good ol’-fashion fun, check out the neat lineup of toys from Automoblox.