The hot weather and high season has arrived on the Coast. Residents and visitors alike are living life to the fullest. The start of the season has brought tragedy with it. This past weekend, the air ambulance landed in Pender Harbour after catastrophic accidents. Please, everyone, drive safely. Thank you is not enough to say to our emergency, rescue and first responders: you are heroes.
PH Wildlife Society members out in the forests at Sakinaw Lake came upon a tragic site – a magnificent old growth Douglas fir had been slaughtered for no reason. “It was like finding a dead elephant” one member said.
The oceans and waterways are once again being ravaged by poaching: square crab traps, night fishing with lamps, digging shellfish and taking creatures too small and in illegal quantity. Keep vigilant when on the water and hiking. Our conservation officer services appreciate you reporting suspicious activities. Call the RAPP line at #7277 on your cell. Observe Record Report: your report can contribute to a fuller picture or reveal repeat violations, and it can be done anonymously.
Let’s treasure, respect and protect our precious paradise.
The Sunshine Coast BCSPCA is doing a good thing this Saturday, Lock-In for Love, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jailbirds (including yours truly) will be locked up with a special animal in the shelter’s care until sufficient “bail money” is raised. Come to the shelter 4376 Solar Road and enjoy the spectacle and help free the jailbirds and most of all the animals in need. Search Lock-In for Love and click on Sunshine Coast to follow online.
The Ruby Lake Lagoon Society’s AGM is Sunday, June 24, 2 to 8 p.m. at the Iris Griffith Centre. Come hear the latest on PODS, hear live music with Simon Paradis and Joe Stanton, and enjoy a BBQ potluck.
Harbourside Friendship, June 28 will welcome Joanna Rzepa, Sunshine Coast Toastmasters area director presenting Polishing Our Listening Skills. Get together at the PH Community Hall at 10:30 a.m. Lunch is served at noon. Drop in $10.
The Kathaumixw International Choir Festival has a program for participating choirs to tour the province after the Powell River festival. Pender Harbour Choir is pleased to be hosting an Australian choir Echology, at the School of Music for a concert Sunday, July 8 at 4:30 p.m. This is an award winning group from the University of Newcastle, with 23 singers. Don’t miss this rare chance to welcome a group of this calibre to the Sunshine Coast. For more information, contact Joanne at 604-883-9749.
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