In the Community

Question: Our veggie garden was a bust. Everything grew huge, but we had no actual food except for the kale. Not much under the earth in carrots or radishes. Tomato stems are very big but not even one tomato is growing - the same for peas and cukes.

While there aren't actual time machines at the Burnaby Village Museum, there is the opportunity to be transported into the past this weekend.

This Thursday and Friday, Nelson Elementary is celebrating a century of learning since the Burnaby school opened in 1912.

The oral interviews conducted by historians in Burnaby 40 years ago, along with a documentary on five of Burnaby's freemen - From the Heart: The Freeman Legacy - preserved the voices of residents who lived here in the 1920s, '30s and '40s.

In previous columns I have suggested on a number of occasions that one should try their hand at making fresh pasta instead of always relying on purchasing it dry from a bag or box.

Divorce, widowhood and making less money than men are some of the financial issues affecting women. These issues are part of the focus of seminars put on annually by the World Financial Group, according to group associate Anita Voth.

There are several reasons why large flowered tulips are so popular for spring gardens - their flamboyant colour mixes, their hardiness and the way that mixing different hybrids can bring ever changing floral designs from April to June.

A group of residents in North Burnaby got busy cleaning up creek area

By his count, Burnaby resident and veteran truck racer Keith Whitter has had 150 cars in his life, some for driving, but many more for racing.