“Volunteer Burnaby has been granted $15,000 to keep providing its programs and services this year. It has been granted ...”

Volunteer Burnaby has been granted $15,000 to keep providing its programs and services this year. It has been granted ...

Posted: 13 Nov 2010 11:13 AM PST

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CEDAR KEY, Fla. -- Two neighbouring towns here on Florida's upper Gulf coast, about 200 kilometres north of Tampa, represent the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the sunshine state's past.

Langley United technical director Mark Parker has joined the national U17 men's soccer team trying to qualify for next summer's U17 World Cup in Mexico.

After a hectic summer schedule, the pitching standout from Ladner has been named to the Junior National Team roster that will compete in the Fall Instructional League in Orlando, Florida, Oct. 14-24.

Volunteer Burnaby has been granted $15,000 to keep providing its programs and services this year. It has been granted $15,000 annually for the last three years.

Stellar Band of Neighbours is returning to Crescent Beach Legion, site of the band's very first performance.

Life is good for North Vancouver's Dave Tomlinson -- so good that not even a busted waterpipe spewing onto his driveway can dampen his spirits.

Re: Incinerator threat is latest assault on neighbourhood, letter to the editor, Sept. 22

The wildly popular Classic Albums Live series will have their West Coast premiere at The ACT Main Stage with The Beatles' Abbey Road.

Coquitlam's Max Hollingworth was one of 35 players named this week by Baseball Canada to the Junior National Team, in preparation for a 10-day Fall Instructional League in Florida next month.

In between dealing with contractors fixing water damage to his L.A. home, DB Sweeney chatted about the DVD release of Two Tickets to Paradise, his debut as a feature-film director. The actor earned a following after such films as Eight Men Out and The Cutting Edge before switching to TV (Harsh Realm, Jericho). Two Tickets to Paradise is a comedy about three high school friends whose best years may be behind them, trying to start all over again en route from Pennsylvania to a championship football game in Florida.

A threat that was issued by an obscure Florida preacher to burn the holy book of Islam, the Qur'an, is a non-issue locally, said Musleh Hakki, a local Muslim.

Over the past week, my email inbox has been flooded with the same message from multiple senders, to "Stop Fox News North." Apparently a lot of Canadians don't care much for a plan by Tory-connected flacks to introduce a far-right cable news network in Canada.

The pastor of a small Florida church plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by setting fire to copies of the Qur'an. Terry Jones' plan has drawn sharp criticism from political, military and religious leaders in the United States, while Canada's minister of defence has also said images of the burning books will endanger the lives of Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan and work against development projects. Despite the international outcry, Jones insists he has a constitutional right to free speech and will press on with his plan.

I'm baffled, embarrassed and downright disgusted. Why is it that there's always some crazy Christian who espouses some silly idea or action thinking they represent God?

CEDAR KEY, Florida--Two neighbouring towns here on Florida's upper Gulf coast, about 200 kilometres north of Tampa, represent the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the sunshine state's past.

Chef Claude Bouchard takes a handful of herbs and spreads them over the pizza he's making, on which sizzling fresh vegetables from his garden jostle with goat cheese from a neighbouring farm. He adds a sparkling yellow ear of crunchy fresh corn to the plate, and tosses a salad of fresh greens picked from his garden. At the sublime Limbert Mountain Farm kitchen in Agassiz, every ingredient on the plate is so fresh it squeaks.

Adam Svensson will make one last golf trip before heading back to school for his Grade 11 year at Earl Marriott Secondary.

If Ryan Clark has anything to do with it, beach tennis will soon be Vancouver's hot new summer sport.

Conrad Black and Omar Khadr cannot be compared in most respects. Conrad is 66, still rich if only a millionaire now instead of a billionaire, well educated, accustomed to the high life with houses in tony areas of Palm Beach and Toronto. He was an adult at the time of his arrest. And he is not a Canadian.

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