In the Community

Sixteen young women from Canada and South Africa are halfway to completing their three-month stay as Youth Leaders in Action.

At 80, Sechelt Indian Band Elder Theresa Jeffries (Sxixaxay, her Sechelt name) is a very important part of the cultural and educational work of the Band, which makes her a perfect choice for speaker at this year's Clifford Smith Memorial Lecture on S

More than $3,000 was raised at the Aug. 28 fundraiser for the Thomas Bennett memorial scholarship, bringing the total fund to more than $12,000.

Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden is offering a two-day photography workshop called Cameras in the Garden. On Sunday, Sept. 25, starting at 9 a.m. and Wednesday Sept. 28, at 7 p.m., bring your camera to the gardens and learn how to take better photos.

Every year thousands of divers and non-divers come together with one common goal: to clean up the world's oceans and waterways.

Sechelt will host its first TEDx event on Oct. 1 at Chatelech Secondary School, bringing together artists and speakers from diverse fields from the Sunshine Coast.

After 31 years with Canada Post, Gibsons postmaster Suzanne Leslie has her sights set on a new route -retirement. A party was held at the Gibsons post office by Leslie's co-workers on Thursday, Sept. 1.

Two events in support of Terry Fox will take place on Sunday, Sept. 18, in Gibsons and Roberts Creek. The Gibsons Terry Fox Run starts at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre with registration at 9 a.m.

Bike school is now in session at Capilano University. Yes, you did read that right: Capilano University has a post-secondary certificate called the Mountain Bike Operations program - the only one of its kind in the world - right here in Sechelt.

Around 25 Elphinstone residents came together on Wednesday, Aug. 31, armed with shears, pruners and machetes, with one goal in mind - to knock down the invasive knotweed.