In the Community

Hi everyone! Hope you all had an awesome week. We had some beautiful weather after dealing with the smoke, then the wind and rain storm, so these sunny days were certainly welcome and enjoyed.

This week marks my 52nd week at the helm of this corner of our weekly paper and I am grateful for the opportunity I have had to craft my view of our small part of the world to share with you.

When October arrives almost all of our summer resident songbirds have departed, the warblers, thrushes, vireos, etc.

Group seeks to foster ‘pragmatic understanding’ of bears

A non-profit that provides education and resources about bears on the Sunshine Coast is offering alternative phone numbers the public can call when dealing with bear-related issues.

This summer has been pretty interesting with Comet NEOWISE, the Perseids and some close lunar/planetary appulses in September. (Yes, it’s my new vocabulary word of the month.

Western and phantom hemlock loopers defoliate conifer trees

Today’s column started out as some universal truths for my teenage son but I got a little sidetracked. The person doing the work gets to choose the music and (within reason) the volume.

Hi everyone! We can see clearly now the smoke has gone! Turkey time! The Halfmoon Bay Community School would like to continue with their tradition of holding a “Tom the Turkey” contest.

FibreWorks has a call out for entries from Lund to Langdale for their show Coast Loves Fibre, Nov. 6 to Dec. 13, weekends only. Entry deadline is Oct. 31. Any fibre medium welcome. For more info and to register call 604-883-2380 or go to www.