Posted in Marketplace
Value Village will give away a $100 gift card to one lucky reader who would like to make some fun Halloween purchases at one of their stores. Maybe it could be you. Good luck and (in advance) Happy Halloween.
Posted in Reviews
Last month I had the opportunity try a month-long membership at the Fitwells gym for women in Coquitlam – organized by Salma at TheWrite Balance.ca. Knowing my lack of enthusiasm for exercise classes and my need to get in shape and tone up, I decided that I couldn’t pass up on this opportunity.
Posted in Delicious BC, Our British Columbia
If you haven’t had the chance to visit Applebarn Pumpkin Farm, have you wondered if you should drive out for a visit?
On a beautiful September day, with clear blue skies, my family and I recently joined the YVR Bloggers trip to AppleBarn Pumpkin Farm. It was a perfect day to venture out into the Fraser Valley and visit Abbotsford.
Posted in Family, Let's Talk
If elders weren’t around to organize family meals and be a magnet for socializing as larger family groups, would younger Boomers, Gen-Xers and young adults even get together?
Posted in Inspiration
If you want to establish a strong career, go east my friend. Do not start in Vancouver. Return when your career is launched.
Or so the traditional wisdom has been.
Posted in Education, In the News
I can’t say that I expected the BC Teacher’s strike to be over by September. Yet I also can’t reconcile myself with the fact that negotiations hadn’t reached a point where mediation was possible by the end of the summer. Based on what I have read and heard, my instinct tells me that one side dug in their heels and became immovable.
Posted in BC Happenings, Community, Marketplace
Shirley Hardy*, Contributor The Parish of St John’s Anglican Church, Cobble Hill was started in 1887 when Sir John A.…
Posted in Family, In the News, Motherhood
In a recent interview on the Today Show, actor Jennifer Aniston addresses the topic of marriage and motherhood. It’s refreshing to hear a high profile woman talk about how life can’t be planned out and it’s encouraging to see that she was invited to share her unique perspective.
Posted in A Better World, Parenting, Technology
Pamela Chan/BCFamily.ca/Editorial I love it! Somebody searched the term “embrace the weird” and landed on BCFamily.ca Sweet! Because it just…
Posted in Daily Dish, Family, Parenting, Uncategorized
Pamela Chan/BCFamily.ca/Editorial It is not the time when you would expect everything to hit the fan but that’s when…