Urban Adventures: Hiking, Walking & Biking

Pathsways in Port Moody

Confession time: I’ve recently taken up running. While you won’t find me running marathons anytime soon (or probably ever) I can now run more than a block without feeling out of breath! Sadly that is a major accomplishment because I’ve never been able to run very far without feeling like I was going to vomit. [...]

Urban Adventures: Staying Healthy With Adult Essentials and IronKids

IronKids and Adult Essentials Gummies

If you have been on Family Fun Canada lately you may have noticed a new series called Urban Adventures. Since we don’t have a summer vacation planned, my family will be spending most of the summer finding ways to be active, healthy and enjoy the outdoors within our city. I live in an amazing suburb [...]

Urban Adventures: A Neighbourly Moose

a visit from a friendly moose

I live one of the farthest corners of the city where the suburban sprawl ends. I live so far out that that there is a “City Limits” sign at the end of our street. One of the drawbacks to living on the edge of the city is that we are pretty far from more central [...]

Urban Adventures: Planting a Strawberry Pot

container gardening strawberries

One of the things I love to do with my kids every spring is plant strawberries. I found one of those big terracotta strawberry pots a few years ago at a yard sale for $1.00 (lucky me) and although chipped and cracked in places it does the trick. I do not have a green thumb [...]