On a visit to the small Texas town of Amarillo last year, I attended the World Championship Ranch Rodeo a global gathering of the nation’s best working ranch cowboys, and as I strolled through the sea of competitors and their families, something stood out for me when it came to the children that the ranchers had in tow: none of the kids had phones in their hands. Instead of sitting in solitude, hunched over devices with their eyes glued to screens, I saw clusters of children huddled together on the floor, playing with horse figurines and toy trucks. I watched on as they trotted and teetered their trinkets along surfaces, completely immersed in imaginative play while their parents chatted nearby.

Acommunity within a community – that’s what Oxygen Yoga and Fitness has created in their Columbia Street location since opening three years ago. Oxygen has fast become a favourite home-base for yoga and fitness enthusiasts of all ages in the Royal City, which itself has a special place in the hearts and lives of its owners.

There are many ways you can refresh your house for the spring/summer season. These projects can provide your house with the additional resale value, give you a fulfilling leisurely pursuit, and create a much better living environment. Much of this refurbishing will also add a brighter quality to the aspects of your house that most []

Simple touches such as fresh flowers and cheery colours can really change the appearance of your home for the spring season.

While it’s a new experience for some, others — such as members of the capital region’s high-tech sector — are familiar with working remotely.

Just because you don’t own the space doesn’t mean you are forced to live with a design you don’t care for. Believe it or not, it’s easier than you think to update your rental apartment.

Windstars small sailing yacht the Wind Spirit can reach ports of French Polynesia larger cruise ships cant.

Looking up from the top deck of our rental houseboat on Lake Mead, the night sky above us was alive with stars — thanks to a lack of artificial light for miles. This being April, the start of houseboat season in Nevada, at night we literally had the lake to ourselves as far as we could see. And during the day we were also mostly alone, with the exception of the curious desert big-horned sheep we spotted one afternoon checking us out from above, numerous birds including vultures, and the odd hopeful fisherman casting for alarmingly large catfish and bluegills, which we watched trolling for food along the red canyon walls that rise above the blue-green lake.

U.S. News World Report revealed a list of the best hotels in Canada and a B.C. hotel claimed the top spot.

Century-old properties present business opportunities but require significant investments. By Glen Korstrom | June 13, 2019, 9:09am The necessary cost of investing to maintain hotels extends to newer hotels, said David Ferguson, who is a director at CBRE Inc.s hotels valuation and advisory services group in Canada.

You could say that event planning is in Soha Lavin’s blood. Indeed, the founder of Vancouver-based CountDown Events who, as a marketing professional saw a need to create an event planning agency 14 years ago at a time when few existed in this country, grew up in Iran surrounded by parties.

Four decades is a long time, and it is especially long in the competitive hospitality industry, which is cutthroat and not for the faint at heart.

A passion for photography, music and working with people has turned into a labour of love for an award-winning Ladner photographer. Dennis Bellia, owner of Dynamic Weddings Events, recently won the Photographer of the Year award at the B.C. Wedding Awards at the Executive Hotel Vancouver Airport. Bellia, who moved to Ladner 11 years ago with his wife Jennifer and children, said his story goes back to high school. “It started in Grade 9 when I fell i love with photography and I wanted to pursue it, but back then it just wasn’t the right timing, so I turned to music instead,” he told the Optimist.

One thing is for sure, a new financial institution in Kerrisdale is not your grandmother’s bank.

In the final column of this three-part series, Dr. Davidicus Wong offers advice on how to take charge of your anxiety — and life. In previous columns, we explored how anxiety is an essential human emotion even though it can hold us back from enjoying our lives and achieving our potential.

Buddha-Full has big plans for its mobile vegan food truck