In the Community

Since the pandemic hit in March, Leanne and Bobby Bruce have been coordinating a grocery supply chain to get sundries to Gambier Island, while Paco Cauley used his boat to help residents get garbage to a collection site at Langdale.

For the next month Sunshine Coast residents will be turning empty shoeboxes into gifts – filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items, notes of encouragement, and fun toys such as a doll or juggling balls.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are now part of Project Rainbow, a national initiative created by Cpl. Brendan Harkness. Harkness, an RCMP officer since 2008, started working on the idea two years ago while serving as detachment commander in Hudson Hope, B.C.

Mercury was at inferior conjunction – between us and the Sun – on Oct. 25. By Nov. 4 it will be far enough west of the Sun to start being visible just before sunrise, say 6 a.m. The best way to find it is to look ESE where Venus is blazing away.

It will be a Halloween like no other. Some will have candy chutes or gloves stuffed with treats. Some have cancelled plans altogether.

The long-awaited reopening of the Loon Foundation’s EarthFair Store in its new location across from the Pender Harbour Community Hall will be happening soon.

There’s only one more day – Saturday, Oct. 31 – to check out the pumpkin patch at Shady Hazel Farm, 805 Payne Rd.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week while we enjoyed some sun and some amazing sunsets. The forecast looks fairly decent for Halloween night. It may not be the top headline or breaking news, but here in Halfmoon Bay, it’s very exciting.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week and are enjoying our fall weather. Bundle up out there as the forecast is calling for some cooler temperatures. The 2020 Sunshine Coast Art Crawl is this weekend, Oct.

The Sunshine Coast Foundation has awarded a grant of $20,000 to the New Market Funds Society on behalf of the Sunshine Coast Affordable Housing Society (SCAHS).