In the Community

Thursday afternoons are busy at the Sun Creek Farm on Russell Road. The Gibsons Farm Collective brings together farmers and locavores eager to buy local, fresh produce. The day I was there, many people came and went, everyone carefully distancing.

Here is some encouraging news straight from some of our favourite places in Roberts Creek. The Community Association has this to say: “We’re excited to announce the RC Community Market will be open this Wednesday! Market hours are 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

This Sunday live music returns to The Clubhouse at the Pender Harbour Golf Course. The fabulous Blue Line Trio with Dr. Fun, Gary Gilbert himself, will perform from 2 to 5 p.m. on the patio, weather permitting. Admission is $5.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week and enjoyed our cooler temperatures and the always appreciated natural watering system, aka rain. Do you feel that your gardens, shrubs, trees and flowers are extra large and lush this spring? I sure do.

June will be different this year, but amidst the pandemic uncertainty one thing is staying the same: Pride Month is coming to the Sunshine Coast.

Earth is coming up on the summer solstice, which occurs June 20 at 2:43 p.m. Sechelt time.

Dozens of residents of the south end of Beach Avenue in Roberts Creek gathered May 21 for a 7 p.m. rally in support of essential service workers putting themselves on the line during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Rotary Club of Gibsons has launched a pilot project in Gibsons that will bring a new approach to the club’s fundraising – Touchless Giving Stations.

It can be difficult to know how to help endangered wildlife such as the little brown bat. One simple way to support bats is to participate in the Annual B.C. Bat Count. The Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project, in coordination with the B.C.

A program helping new Canadians learn English and integrate into the Sunshine Coast is starting a new chapter as a community partnership, ensuring continued support for immigrants and refugees wanting to call the Coast their home.