In the Community

The Samhain Parade and Carnival in downtown Sechelt marked the climax of the Sechelt Arts Festival on Oct. 31.

Like many young families priced out of Vancouver, our family of four set our sights on sunnier—and hillier— pastures when we moved to Gibsons in August 2022. Being car-free in the city was easy with abundant transit and vehicle carshares. Once we had kids, I bought my first ebike and trailer rig to tow them around East Van. Instantly, my mental health improved, trading in transit and congested streets for tree-lined greenways and bike paths.

To a Canada-wide audience, Ashleigh—recently featured on CTV’s new reality show Farming for Love—is a “bubbly, fun-loving horse trainer with a passion for animals and the outdoors.” Locally, she’s far more than this network’s e-talk description.

Also flocks of geese make their fall fly by

As Halloween approaches, images of scary bats become commonplace. According to the Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project, now is the perfect time of year to counter bat myths. Oct. 24 to 31 is International Bat Week, a celebration of these amazing animals and their benefits!

Elphinstone Community Association (ECA) meetings are back and I had the chance to attend last week’s lively meeting. Donna McMahon, our area director, filled us in on Area E’s action-packed October happenings and took questions from us.

The Reverend Canon Alan Greene, an Anglican missionary on the Columbia Coast Mission ships, built the Church of His Presence in memory of his first wife on his property in Halfmoon Bay.

It's midnight. Five shíshálh women, all cousins, paddle their canoes through the black quiet in ?álh tew lích (Sechelt Inlet). It’s so dark they can barely make out the canoe in front of them. With only the sound of their paddles hitting water, they follow the path of their ancestors, who traversed these waters as their major highway for many centuries

An African author and performer who made the Sunshine Coast his home two decades ago has recruited a local tap dancer to spark creativity across the Republic of Congo.

‘Today is mostly about hope, but I think it’s also important that we’re rooted in reality,’ says organizer of march for peace in Davis Bay