Bring drugs back

Metro Vancouver wants your drugs. All too often people dispose of their expired medications improperly.

"Please don't flush your medications down the toilet or throw them in the trash," said Malcolm Brodie, Chair of Metro Vancouver's Zero Waste Committee and Mayor of the City of Richmond. "It's easy for consumers - and much better for the environment - to take outdated or unneeded medications back to pharmacies, to ensure they will be safely disposed."

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Great Scotties!

A team skipped by Langley's Marla Mallett will be among those going for top spot at the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts BC Women's Curling Championship.

Presented by Best Western, the competition at the Cloverdale Curling Club wraps up this Sunday, Jan. 20 with the championship game.

Also competing is Langley's Grace MacInnes, who is a third on the team skipped by Kamloops' Allison MacInnes.

Tickets for all draws are available at the club.

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Equine excellence

Langley equestrian Haley Stradling will be up for a major award in early March.

She is among the three nominees for Junior Female Athlete of the Year at the upcoming Athlete of the Year Awards, founded by Sport BC.

The awards ceremony and gala dinner, set for March 7 at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond, recognizes B.C.'s best amateur athletes, coaches, and officials.

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