A local bookstore is holding a special sidewalk sale this weekend.
The Black Bond Books in Trenant Park Square in Ladner will have books on sale for $2, $5 and $10 with partial proceeds going to benefit the Delta Community Animal Shelter.
The sale starts on Friday and runs all weekend.
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Best Builders Ltd. received four awards at the 2013 Ovation Awards gala last weekend.
The locally-based company received the People's Choice Award, Best Addition/Conversion Renovation, Best Custom Home: $500,000-$999,999 and Best New Kitchen: Under $100,000.
The Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association hands out the awards annually.
"This year's winners demonstrate the exceptional innovation and expertise of Metro Vancouver's building industry," said GVHBA CEO Bob de Wit.
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Thrifty Foods marked Earth Day this week with the announcement that the company is expanding an organic composting program to 23 locations.
The program collects store-produced organic waste, such as expired yogurt, cheese, meat scraps and bakery goods, as well as paper and packaging, and diverts it to composting companies like Harvest Power/Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre in Richmond.
The company's new program, together with ongoing Styrofoam and container recycling programs, diverts about 95 per cent of waste from local landfills.
"Since launching the new program in August, Thrifty Foods has doubled the amount of organic waste collected in participating stores," said general manager Jim Dores. "In tandem with our existing glass, plastics, metal, Styrofoam, paper and cardboard recycling programs, our teams can compost and recycle the majority of food and paper waste."
