In the Community

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.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. The weather forecast noted the possibility of snow earlier this week, but we didn’t see a flake in Halfmoon Bay.

There will not be a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in downtown Sechelt this year, but the monument is still being used to mark the occasion.

Sunshine Coast ElderCollege presents the free, annual Clifford Smith Memorial Lecture with Dr. Erwin Diener on Zoom. The lecture is titled: “The Immune System: Its Protective and Destructive Nature.” All ages are welcome.

$20K grant to SCCSS will help establish holistic food program

The new EarthFair Store opens this Saturday, Nov. 7 with a COVID-19-sensitive, outdoor celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 12902 Madeira Park Rd. Bring your mask for this soft opening and see what is happening with the Loon Foundation.

When the Great War came, Grandpapa George was an electrician in northern New Brunswick. He signed up to go to the trenches of France and served as a gunnery sergeant.

Lynda Gray, author of First Nations 101 , will be the guest speaker for the ECA (Elphinstone Community Association) November meeting. Her book, available at www.firstnations101.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week and are adjusting well with the time change. The mornings are a little lighter, but the evenings sure seem to come earlier now.

Pamela Gregorchuk and Carmelita Weichert present a cheque for $200 to Carey Rumba at the food bank in Sechelt on behalf of the Catholic Women’s League of Holy Family Parish.