Hey Urban Farmers, Here’s Something To Speed Your Plow
Raising your own food is huge right now, and so are community gardens.Vancouver’s first-ever community garden is open to the public on Sunday with free workshops you won’t want to miss.
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Eat, Read, Swim—Ms. McIntosh Does YVR
Culinary personality Barbara-jo McIntosh shares her favourite free, cheap or worth it things to see, do or buy in Vancouver.
Where Loyalties Lie: Plastic That Pays You
Some frequent-shopper cards really do make good sense to collect. Natasha Irvine shares the merits of her favourite loyalty cards.
Shell Busey’s Got Home Maintenance Solutions
Want to conserve water, obliterate ants and pesky weeds? Vancouver’s home improvement expert Shell Busey explores maintenance on the cheap side.
Going To The U.S.? Gotta Get a GoPhone
Thanks to a friend who travels to Seattle and Portland often, I’ll never again be gouged when I’m traveling and talking south of the border. AT&T’s prepaid GoPhone is the go-to solution for avoiding nasty roaming charges in the States.
How To Stay Free At Resorts In Rural Spain
Are you friendly, flexible and fluent in English? Then for the price of a plane ticket to Madrid, you can spend eight days but zero money at a four-star resort in rural Spain.
Fresh Air Movie Night in Vancouver
In the 1950s, when cars and families were big but budgets were small, drive-in movies were the perfect inexpensive way to spend a night out. Now there’s Fresh Air Cinema, which is not just frugal, it’s free.
Laptop Lovers Could Use A Little Support
It’s hard to find a specialty coffee this cheap, let alone a genuinely useful laptop accessory. The first time we tried the $5.00 Brada laptop support we were impressed by how much better our computer performed under our command.
Hack Jobs
One of the best things about IKEA furnishings is that you can take liberties with them that you would never take with pricier stuff. Welcome to the world of IKEA hacking.
3 Fun Ways To Switch Up Your Workout
Fitness routines can get boring after a while; results from even the most fantastic regime will eventually plateau. Here are three fun ways to shake up your routine: Zumba, swordplay and laughter yoga.