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• When can my child walk to school alone?

  02-09-2017 23:53 via vancouversun.com
  A 37-kilometre, four-day backpacking trip capped a summer of outdoor adventures for the four Froese kids, who range in age from four to nine.
  Each child carried a pack as they accompanied their parents over mountains and across meadows, hiking through Elk Lakes Provincial Park on the border of B.C. and Alberta.
  “I was crying when we got back to the truck on the last day. I was so proud of them all,” said mother Roxanna Froese, the Chilliwack-based Instagrammer behind @intherivervalle
  
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• Metro families face out-of-school care space chase

  02-09-2017 23:30 via vancouversun.com
  Metro parents are getting schooled in a different aspect of the real estate crunch, as escalating land costs spark heated feelings about how residential and commercial real estate is used.
  Now, parents who are scrambling for school-based supervision for their kids so they can get to work on time — that is, before classes start at 9 a.m. and after the 3 p.m. bell — are asking how precious, public school facilities can be maximized during these short, but critical times.
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• Officer in hospital after exposure to substance during drug seizure

  02-09-2017 22:59 via vancouversun.com
  A Vancouver police officer was taken to hospital Saturday after possibly coming into contact with an unknown substance during a drug seizure.
  Const. Jason Doucette said the officer, who has not been identified, began feeling unwell just after noon. The officer had seized some illicit drugs in Downtown Eastside earlier in the day and was possibly exposed to a controlled substance then.
  “It is not clear if the illness is related to the possible exposure,” said Doucette in an email.
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• Crown accuses defence witness in Beckett trial of changing answers

  02-09-2017 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — A witness testifying in defence of a man accused of murdering his wife in 2010 was changing her answers to help accused, Crown prosecutor Iain Currie charged Friday in a Kelowna court.
  Peter Beckett is on trial for the murder, accusing of drowning his wife, Laura, in Upper Arrow Lake near Revelstoke.
  Dolores English, a former administrative assistant at Dapp Elementary in Alberta, where Laura was a teacher, testified in court on Friday.
  Currie said English is a friend of Beckett&
  
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• Victoria whale watchers cry foul after navy sets off explosive near orcas

  02-09-2017 22:21 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Relations between Victoria whale watchers and the Royal Canadian Navy appear to be frayed over the navy’s use of a blasting range near Race Rocks.
  On Friday, the relationship appeared to be working. Whales showed up near a navy dry-land blasting site on Bentinck Island, southwest of Victoria. Whale watchers informed the navy, and the blasting range was shut down.
  On Thursday, however, two explosions were set off while killer whales were in the area. According to whale watc
  
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• Police probe possible drug lab in luxury condo in downtown Vancouver

  02-09-2017 22:07 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are investigating what appears to be a drug lab discovered Saturday morning in a luxury condo in downtown Vancouver.
  Around 8 a.m. Saturday, Vancouver police were called after a building employee found what looked like a drug lab inside a suite at 1288 West Georgia St.
  “Our officers put on protective equipment prior to entering the unit,” said police in a statement.
  One man was detained for questioning. Police have not said what the man’s association is with th
  
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• Open house alert! Join the conversation about housing in 300 blocks 13-19th Streets. See initial concepts.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  Open house alert! Join the conversation about housing in 300 blocks 13-19th Streets. See initial concepts.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Keep cool at the water park or the shade today. It's a great time to enjoy our parks and beat the heat.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  Keep cool at the water park or the shade today. It's a great time to enjoy our parks and beat the heat.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Meet the Chef: Unpretentious, colourful food from Ancora's Ricardo Valverde

  02-09-2017 19:45 via vancouversun.com
  A native of Lima, Peru, chef Ricardo Valverde honed his chops through stints at CinCin Ristorante, Diva at the Met and as executive chef at Blue Water Cafe and Raw Bar.
  Today, he crafts an exquisite fusion of Peruvian, Japanese and West Coast flavours at Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio, on False Creek.
  Q: What motivates and inspires you as a chef?
  A: My motivation is my wife and the family we are going to build. I want to be able to give my children the best life possible, build a restau
  
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• Makeover: Vancouver teacher gets a polished, pulled-together look

  02-09-2017 19:15 via vancouversun.com
  Margo Hrennikoff, 44 is a teacher and mother of two.  She wanted a look that was a little more stylish, polished and pulled together.
  Margo has fine hair, which was looking and feeling drab.  Her ends were overly thinned out and looking spindly and fly-away.  She has great bone structure, and I wanted to eliminate her length and create a chic, textured short haircut.
  I shampooed her hair using KMS Add Volume Shampoo and Leave-in-Conditioner for weightlessness and fullness. I secti
  
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• Woman2Warrior set to roll out the fun bling on Burnaby obstacle course

  02-09-2017 19:11 via vancouversun.com
  Baxter Bayer, happily engaged and mostly tolerant of unsolicited advice about that happy-ever-after stuff, looked horrified this week while listening to a sorrowful story in his Kitsilano office.
  American athlete Norville Rogers had a plan last month to run the Crystal Cove Marathon with his girlfriend of 18 months and, at the halfway mark, surprise her with a marriage proposal. What could go wrong, right?
  Rogers arranged to have friends, family and a race photographer witness the epic occasion,
  
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• Man found dead in vehicle following shots fired in West Kelowna

  02-09-2017 19:06 via vancouversun.com
  West Kelowna police are investigating after a man was found dead in his car Friday evening shortly after gunfire was reported in the same area.
  Around 8:15 p.m. Friday, police were called to the 3400-block McTaggart Road in the Glenrosa area. Investigators on scene discovered a man who had died inside a vehicle.
  “The police investigation is in its early stages, as RCMP work to confirm the identity of the deceased whose death is being treated as suspicious in nature,” said Cpl. Jesse
  
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• Police seek suspect in Mission hit-and-run of 80-year-old cyclist

  02-09-2017 18:19 via vancouversun.com
  Mission RCMP are hoping witnesses and other drivers will help identify the suspect in a hit-and-run that injured an 80-year-old cyclist.
  On Wednesday, police were called to the 9100-block Manzer Street for a hit-and-run just before noon.
  The female cyclist had been riding with two friends before she was hit by a black pick-up truck that fled shortly after. The cyclist was treated on scene for minor injuries.
  Police are now hoping the drivers of two other vehicles in the area, as well as any othe
  
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• Planning a picnic at the park this weekend? All BBQs are banned, so leave yours at home. cnv.org/FireBan… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 18:00 via twitter.com
  Planning a picnic at the park this weekend? All BBQs are banned, so leave yours at home. cnv.org/FireBan… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Will B.C. gov't keep fighting against parallel, private health care?

  02-09-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Doctors and B.C. citizens are only too aware of the severe deficiencies of our health-care system. Examples include the inability to find a family physician, long waits in emergency departments (and with many scheduled for admission lying in gurneys in corridors for up to days), long waits while in pain that often prevents work for definitive investigations, then a long wait to see a surgeon and another wait for non-urgent-but-curative surgery.The reason given to justify this pathetic situation
  
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• We have the teachers, but they're not teaching where they're needed

  02-09-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Parents — especially parents of children with special-education needs — were looking forward to additional support for their kids as a consequence of the restoration of positions lost when the previous B.C. Liberal government unilaterally abrogated the contract with teachers in 2001.
  But many of those parents are becoming increasingly concerned about the challenges that school boards are facing in hiring sufficient teachers to restore the positions that were lost.
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• Nations at War looks at First Nations in conflict

  02-09-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Nations at War
  Sept. 6, 10 p.m.| APTN 
  While researching the controversial figure Edward Cornwallis for a Nova Scotia website, Tim Johnson soon found himself knee-deep in stories he wanted to tell.
  “As I learnt more about Cornwallis and the Indigenous people I kind of ended up going down a rabbit hole,” said Johnson, referring to the British military officer’s mistreatment of Indigenous people.
  Johnson started thinking long and hard about these stories as he began to reali
  
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• Building-energy benchmarking can save money

  02-09-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Local governments and some property owners all across B.C. want large buildings to be required to track their energy and water consumption, and to report this data to the province every year. This practice, known as building-energy benchmarking, is a key tool for driving conservation and efficiency, and reducing carbon pollution.
  In order for energy and water use to be effectively managed, it must first be measured and understood. Benchmarking allows property owners to compare the performance of
  
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• Douglas Todd: Three million people snap up Canada's 10-year visas

  02-09-2017 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  The global appetite for Canada’s new 10-year visas appears insatiable, especially in China.
  More than three million people from countries with which Canada has long had travel restrictions have obtained the 10-year, multiple-entry visas since the program began in 2014.
  With almost half the 10-year visas being handed out in Mainland China, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government this year opened seven new visa offices, the province of B.C., more than anywhere in Canada, has e
  
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• The big sell: Custom-built Vancouver home goes for well above asking price

  02-09-2017 15:55 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  440 West 23rd Avenue, Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, six-bathroom detached
  Size: 3,871 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $3,437,000
  Listed for: $3,550,000
  Sold for: $3,850,000
  Sold on: June 27
  Days on market: Eight
  Listing agent: Marty Pospischil and Adam Pospischil at Dexter Associates Realty
  Buyers agent: Victor Kwan at RE/MAX Select Properties
  The big sell: This newly finished Cambie-area home has been custom built with an eye on
  
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• The Home Front: Dorm room decor

  02-09-2017 15:50 via vancouversun.com
  Decorating a dorm room can be a simple and satisfying affair and getting a few key things right means students will have a comfortable, homely, restful home base so they can make the most of their university experience, designers say.
  The first place to start, says Vancouver interior designer Carol Smyth of Crush Interiors, is the bed.
  “My strong feeling is that the one piece you should invest as much money as possible in is the mattress,” says Smyth, who is in the process of getting
  
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• Modern design for growing families on offer at Fleetwood Rise

  02-09-2017 15:25 via vancouversun.com
  Kids race up the stairs with their parents in tow in the three-bedroom show home at Surrey’s new townhome community, Fleetwood Rise. The Star Wars poster that lights up in a pre-teen’s bedroom and the cool bunk beds in another are certainly kid magnets, but it’s Anthem Properties’ commitment to building better housing for growing families that’s the main attraction for parents and young couples.
  “We talked to real families with two to four kids to find out exa
  
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• Troika's Green Square VERT builds on winning formula

  02-09-2017 15:18 via vancouversun.com
  When Renee Wasylyk watched the last of 56 townhomes in the first phase of Green Square in Kelowna’s Lower Mission sell out, the Troika Management CEO knew the company had a winning formula to move full speed ahead with the remaining homes on the five-acre site.
  Situated just blocks from one of the city’s most popular beaches at Gyro Park, people quickly grasped that the townhomes were ideally located to take in the outdoor life that Kelowna offers and all the amenities needed to supp
  
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• Vancouver's Vashaan Society promotes Persian/Jazz Scene

  02-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vashaan Music Society presents Qalandar and The Marrow
  Sept. 6, 8 p.m. | The Fox Cabaret, 2321 Main Street
  Tickets: At the door
  Vancouver bandleader Gordon Grdina still recalls when he fell under the spell of the Middle Eastern lute, called the oud. It was the beginning of a love affair that has seen the composer delve deeply into the classical music of Persia as well as fusing jazz, improvisation and traditional sounds in groups ranging from his trio to the big band Haram, Sangha, Qalandar and
  
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• La Glace brings decadent French ice cream to Vancouver

  02-09-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  If there’s one thing most of us can agree on, it’s ice cream. 
  The sweet, creamy creations are almost as difficult to dislike as they are to, well, only eat one spoonful of. Or, at least that’s what Mark Tagulao has found to be the case. 
  “Ice cream is one of those nostalgic treats that many of us conjure up happy childhood memories from,” he says. “It’s a cool, rich, creamy dessert that we associate eating with a cone or in a little paper cup
  
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• Five Things to Know: More gangland murders, wildfire season drags on

  02-09-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  The lower mainland has seen four murders in the last three days, the wildfires won’t be fully out any time soon, and on Tuesday it’s back to school. Here are five things you need to know.
  Two more murders Friday morning make it four in three days
  A shooting in Abbotsford killed one man, 18-year-old Sehajdeep Sidhu, on Thursday night. Police identified Sidhu Friday afternoon, while also revealing that there were two other victims in the targeted shooting near the intersectio
  
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• Your school might look different this year on the first day of class

  02-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  Don’t be surprised if things look and feel a little different when you arrive at your kids’ school on Tuesday morning.
  School districts across B.C. have spent the summer trying to fill about 3,600 new staff positions and most, but not all, have now been hired. They also needed to create 550 new classrooms, a feat that has nearly been accomplished, although at times with some imagination and ingenuity. 
  This new influx of resources is the result of a court ruling that is supposed
  
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• This Week in History: Canada trounced by USSR in opening hockey game in 1972

  02-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Friday, Sept. 1, 1972, Earl (Barney) Barnswell spent the night outside the Vancouver Ticket Centre. By 10 a.m., he was one of an estimated 700 people lined up for tickets for the Sept. 8 game between Canada and the USSR at the Pacific Coliseum.
  Barnswell, a semi-retired construction worker, paid $7.50 for his ticket.
  “I have been waiting for 25 years for Canada to play Russia,” he told The Vancouver Sun at the time.
  Another fan in the lineup was Sean Dunphy. Going against prevaili
  
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• The bestselling B.C. books of this week

  02-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  1. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries from a Secret World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books).
  2. Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations — Richard Wagamese (Douglas & McIntyre). 
  3. On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers — Pat Carney (TouchWood Editions).
  4. Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga — Chris Czajkowski (Harbour Publishing). 
  5. Hello Humpback! — Roy Henry Vickers a
  
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• Fab 5: Not-so-basic bags

  02-09-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  In our ongoing quest to express ourselves through our fashion choices, bags have emerged as an unlikely hero. Where once, our range of options started at bowler and ended at tote (with the trusty bucket bag and satchel falling in between the two extremes), these days, the choices remind us a bit of the geometry chapter of a math textbook. From symmetrical triangles to, well, animals, Rebecca Tay shares five uniquely shaped bags for right now.
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  Mankind’s best friend? With a bag
  
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• Guns N Roses at BC Place

  02-09-2017 07:34 via vancouversun.com
  Guns N’ Roses Not In This Lifetime Tour
  Sept. 1, 7 p.m. | BC Place Stadium
  Tickets: From $35 at Ticketmaster.com
  The summer stadium tour season comes to a close with a big noise. Specifically, the return of (almost) the original line-up of legendary Sunset Strip badfellas Guns N’ Roses to the stage on the band’s Not In This Lifetime tour.
  Returning to live performance with the founding members vocalist Axl Rose, bassist Duff McKagan and lead guitarist Slash are Use Your Illusio
  
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• Jewelry that's fit for an A-list celebrity

  02-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver is a gateway to new international luxury shoppers — at least that’s what the team at David Webb is expecting to discover this month.
  The American jewelry house will be hosting a trunk show at Holt Renfrew Sept. 9-10, offering shoppers a curated selection of glinting gold, platinum, diamond and gemstone creations priced from $3,750. And Mark Emanuel, the brand’s co-owner, is confident the city’s growing number of fine-jewelry shoppers —comprised of a h
  
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• Editorial: Affordability initiatives need a rethink

  02-09-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  While clearly attempting to address a significant, well-recognized problem, the initial plans by B.C.’s new NDP Housing Minister to battle rising and in some cases unaffordable rents will do little to fix the problem. In fact, her actions could make matters worse for renters.
  Earlier this week, Selina Robinson announced that ministry staff were reviewing the formula that caps annual rent hikes at two per cent plus the rate of inflation. Next year, for instance, landlords will only be able
  
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• Critics dominate Site C feedback, but politicos get final say

  02-09-2017 03:41 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The B.C. Utilities Commission wrapped up the initial round of public consultations on Site C this week, gathering more than 100 submissions from experts, stakeholders and ordinary citizens.
  They ranged from the terse — “I find it extremely irresponsible” was the entire submission from one Lynne Frerichs — to exhaustive detail running to the hundreds of pages.
  Most called for the project to be killed. Reviewing the postings on the commission website Friday
  
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• Record B.C. wildfire year has many small businesses teetering on the edge

  02-09-2017 02:32 via vancouversun.com
  Hilltop Gardens Farm hasn’t been burned out, yet the family business for more than 60 years is still feeling the heat from the worst summer on record for wildfires in the province.
  “We were hoping this year would be our year,” said Jewel Rice, who owns the farm along with her husband Mike Rice.
  The 112-acre operation near Spences Bridge has more than 3,000 fruit trees and also grows tomatoes, pumpkins and melons, some of which is sold from a roadside stand. It is just 25 minute
  
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• Another heatwave on the way! @ECCCWeatherBC warns temps will climb into low 30s this weekend. Get tips:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Another heatwave on the way! @ECCCWeatherBC warns temps will climb into low 30s this weekend. Get tips:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• BCCDC warns of pineapple chunks infected with hepatitis A

  02-09-2017 01:37 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has issued a warning to B.C. consumers after detecting the hepatitis A virus in a sample of Western Family brand fresh pineapple chunks.
  The pineapple pieces, which are sold in ready-to-go cups, were produced on Aug. 11 and distributed to 38 Save-On-Foods, Overwaitea Foods and PriceSmart Foods stores in British Columbia. According to the Centre, the contaminated cups would have been on sale from Aug. 11 to 19, when they reached their best before date.  
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• ICBC gets extra time to figure out insurance-rate picture

  02-09-2017 01:12 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The province is giving ICBC two extra weeks to figure out how much to increase insurance rates.
  The Insurance Corp. of B.C. now has until Sept. 15 to file its rate application for mandatory basic insurance, which is part of its required revenue application to the B.C. Utilities Commission.
  An interim rate will take effect Nov. 1, while the utilities commission reviews the full application.
  Attorney General David Eby, the minister responsible for ICBC, said British Columbian
  
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• B.C. looking at ways to speed school construction

  02-09-2017 01:08 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The new NDP government will meet officials of the 10 fastest-growing school districts to look at ways to accelerate school construction and reduce the need for portables, Education Minister Rob Fleming says.
  The combination of that growth and a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that requires smaller class sizes has led to a space crunch this year in districts such as Surrey and Sooke, near Victoria, where populations are rising.
  Sooke will have 19 additional portables when school o
  
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• We're recruiting for an Auxiliary Clerk Typist 2. Click here to apply ow.ly/Yi8b30eRfwi

  02-09-2017 00:50 via twitter.com
  We're recruiting for an Auxiliary Clerk Typist 2.Click here to apply ow.ly/Yi8b30eRfwi
  
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• Ex-Coquitlam poultry plant GM jailed three years for stealing $1.9M

  02-09-2017 00:43 via vancouversun.com
  The former general manager of a Coquitlam poultry plant who stole nearly $2 million from his employer has been sentenced to three years in prison.
  In March 2016, Bruce Steven Arabsky, 54, pleaded guilty to the offence against Superior Poultry Processing Ltd. 
  In imposing sentence on the accused Friday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper said denunciation and deterrence of the crime were the primary sentencing principles.
  “Mr. Arabsky was a senior and trusted employee engaged in
  
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• Get ready to grow your own garlic

  02-09-2017 00:37 via vancouversun.com
  In terms of adding flavour to a wide range of cuisines, garlic pretty much rules. It would be hard to find a commercial or home kitchen without garlic cloves kept at the ready to spice up everything from a Caesar salad to gourmet seafood dishes, and so much more.
  I raise this topic now because in a few weeks it will be the very best time of the year to plant garlic. It is one of the easiest crops to grow in our home gardens — and yes, even in containers.  
  Jim and Lalitha Capelli
  
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