In the Community

Springtime is fast approaching (we hope) and with it brings a rebirth of activity.

Pawsitively Pender Harbour, next Saturday March 7, will be the sixth annual sweet celebration of animals and a fundraiser for those who do so much to help them – Thank Dog I Am Out, Gibsons Wildlife Rehab Centre, BCSPCA and Elderdog.

Forgotten for over a century, Paraty is now a World Heritage site

B.C. bats are threatened by disease, and the Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project and B.C. Community Bat Program continue to ask community members for help.

The Sunshine Coast Friends of Forage Fish volunteer group is reminding gardeners that herring spawn season has started and no seaweed should be collected for gardens in February, March and early April.

On Saturday, Feb.

Matt Treit, the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s manager of protective services, who is responsible for overseeing the emergency program, the SCRD fire departments and bylaw enforcement, spoke to the Elphinstone Community Association meeting about

Vancouver’s Killing Floor Blues Band comes out swinging Friday, Feb. 21 to the RC Legion.

Pender Harbour Music Society presents an exciting weekend of classical music, the Mid-Winter Chamber Music Weekend, Feb. 22 and 23, with Sea to Sky performers Joan Blackman, violin; François Houle, clarinet; and Jane Hayes, piano.

This year the Halfmoon Bay Country Fair theme is being put out to the citizens of Halfmoon Bay. If there is a theme you think appropriate, send in your ideas before March 1 to teknight@telus.