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The kid in this picture has a big cast on his arm, but this doesn't stop him from doing risky things. We met at Leeside Park, near Hastings and Cassiar, in an underpass and had seen him around at other parks.

Our local school - Laura Secord - is trying to win votes for a new playground. About 9,000 kids in the area would be served by the new playground, including an estimated 350 children with disabilities.

Bike corrals are used in Portland, Montreal, Ottawa, Seattle, and other major cities throughout the world - and now we have our first one in Vancouver.

Yesterday my son went to the Dry Spot indoor skatepark in Vancouver and spent nearly an hour psyching himself up to "drop in" on this ramp in the picture. He said he felt "scared as all hell" when he decided to try it.

Do you think it’s disrespectful to the Mad Carver to not wear a helmet in his memorial bowl? That’s an opinion I heard today from someone who wrote in to the Province newspaper about how upset she was to see the paper’s

Update: July 24, 2010. For current information to plan your trip to the beach, check out the Beach Water Quality Report from Vancouver Coastal Health. Original post on July 2, 2010: Well… at least we can still make sandcastles. That’s the positive spin we put on the situation when we arrived at Trout Lake...

Soccer mom? Hockey mom? No thanks. I don’t want to get up at 5 a.m., spend half a fortune on gear, and cart around a bunch of sticky, chopped up oranges. I’m a skater mom – and I don’t mean a mom who rides a skateboard (though I have tried it). I keep a...

If you want to ride off the beaten path, know how to change your tire. Today our friend Michael asked my son to change his bike tire. Michael often suggests fun “chores” like this when we visit, and I’m thankful for what my son learns. I’m glad the boy had a chance to review...

In this photo, Dave is doing “neurobics” – even though he doesn’t realize it at the time. Doing a jigsaw puzzle is a type of mental activity some call “neurobics.” Scientists who study aging – called gerontologists (in case you didn’t already know that) – say our brains are strengthened when we do things...

Parking for cars is pretty tight – but if you’re coming to the market on your bicycle, Geoffrey Vincent will set you up with a free, safe, and secure spot in his enclosed bike lot. Geoffrey is program coordinator for The Bicycle Valet, run by Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST). This three-year-old program encourages...