In the Community

Mark your calendars for Saturday, Aug. 4 - it's time for the annual Kensington community fair. According to organizers, the fair has grown to the second largest community event in Burnaby over the past 12 years.

I've recently written of the challenges of romantic and marital relationships, how our thoughts of one another can suddenly or gradually shift from the positive to the negative, and how love - without deliberate care and maintenance - can be lost.

In case you missed it in a recent Top 5 listing, there are free, ongoing yoga classes in Burnaby. There are two options: every Wednesday, from 7 to 8: 30 p.m. at the Burnaby Hindu Temple, at 3885 Albert St.

About forty staff members of Express Pardons took transit on June 29, sitting on SkyTrain seats, reading newspapers, all regular transit-riding activities.

Want to be featured in Paper Postcards? Take a copy of your local paper along on your next trip. Snap some photos of yourself and the paper in front of a scenic backdrop or landmark. Send your photos by email to postcards@ burnabynow.

In my last column, I supplied you, the readers, with a selection of no-cook recipes for kids of all ages to make with the intention of contributing to family meal preparation.

Slugs arouse our hatred when they eat precious seedlings, but they also recycle dead plant materials and become food themselves for garter snakes, frogs, toads and some birds.

Want to be featured in Paper Postcards? Take a copy of the Burnaby NOW along with you on your next trip. Take a photo of yourself in front of a scenic backdrop or landmark, holding the newspaper. Send your photos by email to postcards@burnabynow.

Burnaby's Hindu temple is hosting its annual picnic this weekend, and people of all faiths are invited to celebrate and enjoy a free vegetarian lunch. The picnic is Sunday, July 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Scientists at Simon Fraser University are hosting a day of free activities for families this Sunday.