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Dianne Sawicki

SENIORS SCENE: Kent Street Centre now offering takeaway soup and sandwiches

Over-50s invited to get moving on the ice or in the gym

  • Oct 27, 2021
Dianne Sawicki
Brenda Anderson Off Topic

COLUMN: An alarming trend is developing in the wee hours

End of Daylight Saving a good time to replace batteries in smoke, CO detectors

Brenda Anderson Off Topic
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PENINSULA ZOOMER: There’s an app for that, but I don’t want it

‘What is with this app-a-phobia I seem to have,’ wonders columnist April Lewis

  • Oct 23, 2021
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A linotype operator stands in the heritage Strathmore Standard newspaper building at Heritage Park in Calgary. (Photo: Ursula Maxwell-Lewis)

COLUMN: Calgary’s Heritage Park offers a great deal of attractions

‘Canada’s largest living history museum site’

A linotype operator stands in the heritage Strathmore Standard newspaper building at Heritage Park in Calgary. (Photo: Ursula Maxwell-Lewis)
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THINK GREEN: Forest fires are natural but B.C.’s are burning at an unsustainable rate

Forest fire CO2 emissions quadrupled between 2003 and 2017

  • Oct 11, 2021
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Thanksgiving turkey

COLUMN: Thanksgiving tradition includes delicious savoury dressing

Cooked in or out of the bird, no Thanksgiving meal is complete without this classic dish

  • Oct 9, 2021
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Frank Bucholtz

COLUMN: Retiring school superintendent Jordan Tinney has been a steady hand on the tiller

Surrey superintendent of schools Jordan Tinney is retiring after nine years with…

  • Oct 6, 2021
Frank Bucholtz
Brenda Anderson Off Topic

COLUMN: A taste of what’s in store for some COVID long-haulers

A distorted sense of taste or smell is making life miserable for many in recovery from the virus

  • Sep 30, 2021
Brenda Anderson Off Topic
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PENINSULA ZOOMER: Search for Shakespeare reveals past wrongs

Othello Tunnels walk leads to conversation about Canada’s poor history on immigration

  • Sep 22, 2021
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Frank Bucholtz

COLUMN: Council meeting ban may come back to haunt Safe Surrey Coalition

Charter of Rights and municipal procedure issues at play

  • Sep 22, 2021
Frank Bucholtz
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ALEX HOUSE: Youth Neighbourhood Small Grants – an initiative for youth, by youth

Anyone 12-25 may apply for projects within their community that create or deepen connection

  • Sep 6, 2021
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Dianne Sawicki

SENIORS’ SCENE: Register now for new season of activity

Full slate of fall programs to choose from

  • Aug 26, 2021
Dianne Sawicki
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JUST THINKING: It’s time to retire current thinking on traditional retirement age

For some 65 is late, while others are happy to continue working as long as they’re able

  • Aug 22, 2021
Bill Piket just thinking
A sign on a South Surrey boulevard indicates the location of a fire likely caused by the careless disposal of a cigarette. (File photo)

COLUMN: Where there are smokers, there’s sometimes fire

Careless disposal of cigarettes always a problem, right now it has potential to be tragic

A sign on a South Surrey boulevard indicates the location of a fire likely caused by the careless disposal of a cigarette. (File photo)
Apples are a great source of fibre, potassium, Vitamin C and antioxidants such as quercetin, catechins and chlorogenic acid. Low on the glycemic scale and fibre-rich, apples are great weight-management food. (Unsplash.com photo)

COLUMN: Turn tart, early-season apples into delicious, healthy treats

Fibre-rich and filled with nutrients, apples are an excellent food for weight management

  • Aug 19, 2021
Apples are a great source of fibre, potassium, Vitamin C and antioxidants such as quercetin, catechins and chlorogenic acid. Low on the glycemic scale and fibre-rich, apples are great weight-management food. (Unsplash.com photo)
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PENINSULA ZOOMER: Ashes and dust, pottery and closure

Summer’s COVID-19 reprieve offered opportunity to say final goodbyes

  • Aug 14, 2021
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A week’s worth of harvesting donated by members of Crescent Park Community Garden to the COVID-responsive SOX BOX emergency food hamper project. (Lynn Schieder photo)

ALEX HOUSE: Neighbourhood Fun Night scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 18

Low-cost, picnic-style meal, music, a door prize, and activities for kids planned

  • Aug 14, 2021
A week’s worth of harvesting donated by members of Crescent Park Community Garden to the COVID-responsive SOX BOX emergency food hamper project. (Lynn Schieder photo)
Frank Bucholtz

COLUMN: Fate of South Campbell Heights now in Metro Vancouver’s hands

Price of land, demand for warehouse space have skyrocketed; river, aquifer still vulnerable

  • Aug 12, 2021
Frank Bucholtz
White Rock’s Kent Street Activity Centre is set to open its doors to new and returning members and will offer group programs and activities again, beginning the week of Sept. 13. (Peace Arch News photo)

SENIORS SCENE: Activities set to resume at Kent Street Centre week of Sept. 13

Cardio gym in the centre continues to be open through the summer

  • Aug 12, 2021
White Rock’s Kent Street Activity Centre is set to open its doors to new and returning members and will offer group programs and activities again, beginning the week of Sept. 13. (Peace Arch News photo)
Frank Bucholtz

COLUMN: Splitting opposition for Surrey mayor’s seat will benefit McCallum

If many contenders step up 2022 municipal election could be a repeat of 2018

  • Jul 29, 2021
Frank Bucholtz