Shannon Ainslie

Gardening is full of surprises.

“I panicked and thoughts flashed through my mind like how far I am from the hospital, how long will it take for an ambulance to get here and if I’m going to die."

Most of our province is considered bear country.

Other First Nation's names for the full moon in August include Flying Up Moon, Harvest Moon and Black Cherries Moon.

“I drove by it to work in the morning and saw it and thought it was really weird."

“I encourage everyone to dress up in their best western swag and come kick up their heels."

Nature lovers and homeowners in Kamloops and the Okanagan are finding countless fascinating species from the tiny jumping spiders to the giant house spider.

“For the people who grew up never knowing, finding out that information can be overwhelming but also incredibly healing."

“There were tens of thousands of them, if not hundreds of thousands."

The animals can be very entertaining.

“Whether you’re a nature newbie, a budding naturalist or a seasoned observer, your contributions matter."

“If I go into labour who knows if there’ll be complications and then what will happen. You can’t put labour on pause to go to another hospital.”

These petting zoos cost $10 or less.

“The organs found each other and the slugs joined into an umbrella shape."

“Right now, we have four different buyers circling around and we’re waiting for the first one to land."