Here come the Shriners
Ken Maddison-a.k.a. Jelly Bean the clown-will never forget a Shrine Circus at Exhibition Park more than a dozen years ago.
 

Kids first on Shriners' agenda
Of the millions of dollars raised each year by the Shriners, a large portion goes to transporting children and youth from their homes to Shriner Hospitals across North America.
 

Owen, Puil council's highest flyers
Mayor Philip Owen and Coun. George Puil were council's busiest travellers last year, using a combined $38,500 of taxpayers' money for trips to such places as Ottawa and Switzerland.
 

Councillor calls for end to car allowance
City councillors could find themselves riding buses, carpooling or taking taxis more often if a motion proposed by Coun. Fred Bass is endorsed at Tuesday's council meeting.
 

Cheapskates turning city into dump
When Sam Clado stands on his back deck overlooking three vacant lots on the 3200 block of Adanac Street, he sees the shell of an old yellow dryer, a black suitcase partially wrapped in a dirty black bag, a matching shabby brown corduroy couch and chair, two single mattresses, a mirrored closet door, cardboard boxes, clothes, filthy foamies and assorted garbage.
 

Licence dept. asks for more staff to handle liquor law changes
The sweeping reforms to B.C.'s liquor laws will have such a dramatic effect on city hall that its licence department is asking council to hire at least two more people on a one-year contract to oversee the changes.
 

School board selling 'smarts'
The school district is creating a separate company to sell "intellectual" products like managerial expertise and curriculum as a way to generate revenue in a climate of dwindling government funding.
 

Lawn Tennis anyone?
The tennis wars are on.
 

Local cougars in demand internationally
It started out as a way for older women to meet younger men, but Cougardate.com has turned out to be more about cougars than dates.
 

First West End community garden in full bloom
It's an alley unlike any other in the West End.