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The Hobenshield family

PoCo crowns Waste Loss Challenge champs

A keen attention to organization, consumer discipline and using the tools available to them - those three factors helped the Hobenshield family win and lose at the same time.


 
Zeus

Guide dog pup teaches lessons

Liesa LaBossiere's grades 2 and 3 students are reading Smokey and the Gorilla by Sylvia McNicoll.


 

MLAs disclose list f gifts from Santa

TWO North Shore MLAs made it onto somebody's "nice" list last year.


 
Grade 1 studetns from Meadowridge School

Children share hopes and dreams for Christmas

Sparkly dress added to list -- Dear Santa,


 
The big guy

Letters to Santa

My name is Isabella. I am 6. What I want for Christmas is some raindeer toys. Does Rudolph play with the rain-deers a lot.


 

Are tablets meant for adults suitable for children?

Christmas for kids used to mean Lego, Battleship and Barbie. It still does, except now digital devices have been added to the mix.


 

Are tablets good gifts for kids?

CHRISTMAS for kids used to mean Lego, Battleship and Barbie.


 

PoCo contest cuts the trash

Port Coquitlam residents who are serious about losing waste are invited to enter a city contest kicking off in January.


 
The day I subscribed to Netflix

Online programming costs vary by source

FIRST we discussed the pros and cons, then examined the hardware you need.


 

High tech disease prevention

It could be as small as taking the stairs, or resisting the urge to shake salt on your dinner, and it could add healthy years to your life.


 

Getting tv through the internet: availability

First we discussed the pros and cons, then examined the hardware you need. So now that you've decided to cut the cable cord, how much content is available through the Internet to replace Shaw or Telus? It turns out there's quite a bit, and it's legal and safe.


 

Getting TV via the Internet

First we discussed the pros and cons, then examined the hardware you need. So now that you've decided to cut the cable cord, how much content is available through the Internet to replace Shaw or Telus? It turns out there's quite a bit, and it's legal and safe.


 
IAN Abercrombie (left), director of facilities for the North Vancouver

School, re-imagined

IT'S only two short weeks until school starts, and crews are still busy painting walls, numbering lockers and checking blueprints. The gray, white and tan colour scheme has yet to be enlivened by the Northwest Coast art resting against walls and peeking out from corners.


 
The Nexus 7

Tablets set to take over from laptops

Just as laptops replaced desktops as the preferred choice for computing use in the home, tablets like the iPad are supplanting laptops and pushing them to the margins for "serious" work.


 

Free concert launches Maritime Fest

To kick off the 9th Annual Maritime Festival at the Britannia Heritage Shipyard, the City of Richmond is putting on a free concert Friday night, Aug. 10.


 

West Van library adds new e-readers

WEST Vancouver Memorial Library now has mobile devices with content for children, teens and families.


 

Highway speedster gets police warning at home

The following are some of the calls of interest the Delta police responded to in the South Delta area between Monday, March 12 and Saturday, March 17:


 

Today's smart computing is in the clouds

I have been running a new series of posts on my website for the past few months.


 
amaze

Central Park: Just for laughs

They're large, they laugh and they make up one of the most popular sculptures this city has enjoyed.