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Give containers a try

You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots. Anyone who likes the accessibility of having salad plants or herbs near their back door, or tomatoes by the warmth of a house wall, may find containers their best choice.


 

Plenty of food crops can grow well in pots

You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots.


 
 
Scarlet runner

Pots keep vegetables happy and nearby

You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots. Anyone who likes the accessibility of having salad plants or herbs near their back door, or tomatoes by the warmth of a house wall may find containers their best choice.


 

Growing food crops in pots

You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots. Anyone who likes the accessibility of having salad plants or herbs near their back door, or tomatoes by the warmth of a house wall may find containers their best choice.


 

Jazz in the afternoon

Shannon Thue Trio swung into Northwood United Church Sunday afternoon (March 10) for another Jazz Vespers service that doubles as an hour-long concert. By-donation performances are held on the second and fourth Sunday of every month at 4 p.m., 8855 156th St., Surrey. Next up, on March 24, is Don Stewart, followed by Karin Plato Quartet on April 14.


 

Events

The United Way presents a Tri-Cities Senior Caregivers support meeting, 10 a.m. to 11: 30 a.m. at the Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. This session is for all family caregivers of seniors who have concerns or questions. Register by calling Karen at 778-789-1496.


 
Working out with a trainer,

Keys to finding success this year

As the calendar flips to a new year and we wave goodbye to 2012, many Canadians will use the celebration to make a personal resolution and, hopefully, wave goodbye to old habits.


 

Meetings revive traditions

One of the glories of Western Civilization was the tradition of the public meetings in the Agora of Athens, where people like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and many others met to exchange ideas with any persons, including slaves.


 

The Bible is a little hard to fact check

Mr. Lanning seems to be making the remarkable claim that because we do not have the original manuscripts, we therefore cannot trust the Bible.


 

Does anyone really "know" the Gospels?

The Rev. Doug Beattie complains that many people "don't know their Bibles." Alas, absolutely no one can actually "know" the Gospels, since we have no original texts of any Gospel - not one original. Instead, all we have is copies of copies of copies of copies.


 

This agreement needs more public discussion

I am writing to express my utter dismay at the lack of public discussion over the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPA).


 

Remember Lonsdale's history

"Every place has a story to tell. . . . Sometimes the stories are buried beneath the years' changes, so that it requires a historian, an archeologist, or teller of tales to reveal what lies beneath."


 

Mutuality thoughts on the waterfront

First the idea, then the manifestation. -- Plato


 

Calendar

Artemis Gallery: 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 12:30-5 p.m. Info: 604-929-4354 or artemisinthecove@gmail.com.


 

Calendar

Artemis Gallery: 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 12:30-5 p.m. Info: 604-929-4354 or artemisinthecove@gmail.com.