In the Community

“Reverse the Trend of the Backseat Generation,” a webinar hosted by the Langdale Parent Advisory Council and Vancouver Coastal Health on Oct. 29, was well attended and brought a vibrant discussion around the topic of active travel.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had an awesome week. It’s typical fall weather with a mix of everything but at least the temperatures are staying above freezing.

How much is your community worth to you? For me, it’s worth a lot of dollars a week to buy local quality produce, knowing that you’re keeping local farmers alive, not to mention food security.

Did you ever wonder what hardworking sole proprietors/chefs do when they have a little free time? A huge thank you to Tony Triple BBBs and his enlisted man Steve for volunteering and doing a fine job of it, keeping the Madeira Gardens looking beautif

As we enter the realm of single digit temperatures with a 50 per cent chance of showers, 50 per cent chance of drizzle, 50 per cent chance of rain, it may suck but sure makes us appreciate the sunshine that punctuates the occasional day all the more.

Volunteers with the Gibsons Seniors Society (GSS) started kitchen renovations at Harmony Hall on Sunday, Nov. 1, removing anything not anchored in the kitchen. “We’ll be back in business on Monday, Nov. 16,” said GSS president Judy Larson.

The shrike family consists of 33 species, largely confined to Eurasia and Africa, with only two species in North America and none in South America. Shrikes are anomalous in that they are a carnivorous songbird, which sounds like a paradox.

The Roberts Creek Community Association has welcomed two youth volunteers from Montreal who will be spending six weeks helping around the Roberts Creek Community Hall as part of a project organized by the Montreal-based nonprofit organization, Chanti

The Rotary Club of Sechelt has created some portable lightweight eight-foot-high flagpoles, each with a three-by-six-foot Canadian flag, as a new fundraisng tool.

Hallmark week for many reasons. The white supremacist reign of terror is over. Saturday the sun shone brighter than ever, the air was pure, pristine and invigorating. We headed out on our last trip to stock up for hibernation.