In the Community

858 Skookumchuk Squadron

The first Book Faire of the 2020 season was held last month at the Sechelt Public Library and was marked with a bang and a birthday. The bang consisted of all the customers and donors who were lined up outside the library before the event began.

Congratulations to Leah Pearson-White from Halfmoon Bay who represented Vancouver Coastal as part of the team that won gold at the BC Winter Games.

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