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Steadfast Lou takes top honour
Lou Beaubien's credo: "I always like to see things through . that's my style," may have something to do with his latest accomplishment.
Opera part of fundraiser
A fundraiser for the annual Santa Claus Parade in Maple Ridge takes place Friday evening with the Maple Leaf show choir and a young Pitt Meadows singer.
December: a month like no other at the LEC
It was a December to remember at the Langley Events Centre.
ZIMMERMAN: An open letter to New Year's enduring icon
I've never actually written to you before. Maybe nobody has. Maybe you can't read, being a newborn and all. And maybe you don't have an address, since you tend to show up only in editorial cartoons and at the kind of big, drunken Dec. 31st parties that most of us, even in our worst nightmares, would never choose to attend.
Christmas past: Burnaby celebrates the season
There's no time quite like Christmas for a little reminiscing. As heirloom decorations are put on display and family traditions are revived for another year, it's easy to think back through the family tree to a time long past.
Events guide
David James & Big River's tribute to Johnny Cash: "A Little Cash After Christmas" concert Sunday, Dec. 30 at Coast Capital Playhouse, White Rock, tickets $42.50 plus fees via 604-536-7535, whiterockplayers.ca.
Holiday high note
IT was a moment five-year-old Spencer Martel will never forget: watching Vancouver Canucks mascot Fin and Santa Claus get down to "Gangnam Style."
Santa helpers come in all shapes and sizes
The salon owner and longtime Good Samaritan subscribes to the giving spirit, the selflessness that's attached to the iconic Christmas figure.
Christmas shopping numbers rise
Some major local retailers are looking to bolster what they anticipate to be positive Christmas shopping season numbers with the annual rush to the stores to snag Boxing Day sales.
What are you hoping for this Christmas?
Santa Claus, once his list is completed and checked twice, has a long and busy night in front of him this Christmas Eve. The Christmas trees are decorated and waiting for presents to be tucked underneath while stockings will be hanging. The Optimist asked:
Smoking with Clement Clarke Moore
VANCOUVER publisher Pamela McColl, a smoking cessation coach, has produced a new version of Clement Clarke Moore's classic Christmas poem, A Visit From St. Nicholas, deleting reference to Santa smoking a pipe.
Holiday Train delivers mountain of food
Santa Claus rolled into town Tuesday night on the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, to the delight of thousands of partygoers.
Events guide
David James & Big River's tribute to Johnny Cash: "A Little Cash After Christmas" concert Sunday, Dec. 30 at Coast Capital Playhouse, White Rock, tickets $42.50 plus fees via 604-536-7535, whiterockplayers.ca.
Christmas fun
Port Kells Nursery is accepting donations of non-perishables for the food bank every day 9am to 5pm. Santa is there 11am to 2pm on Dec. 22. Facepainting available then as well. Santa will be accepting cash donations for the Gateway of Hope. At 18730 88th Ave. Bring a camera. Info: 604-8821344.
Locals in high-seas panto
Six actors from the Tri-Cities will get a chance to sail the high seas, meet Captain Blight and look on as Princess Friday gets rescued from distress - all within the con-fines of Surrey's city limits.
Who's that wild man with Santa?
Good storytelling depends on tension to captivate the audience. This was as true at the beginning of time as it is today. Ancient legends, like modern tales, rely on the play of conflicting elements to keep the storyline taut.
