In the Community

Fourteen new Sunshine Coast Hospice volunteers have been on a learning journey together, spending over 30 hours in an intense Zoom volunteer orientation to learn about compassionate end-of-life care on the Sunshine Coast.

The news you need to know! Yes Regina, Rosie the ginger cat you see around the school has a loving home and, yes, she thinks the schoolyard is hers.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week and were able to enjoy some family time with your moms. We’ve had some warm days, with beautiful blue skies and cool, clear nights.

FibreWorks Gallery, in lieu of an opening reception, will host Landbase/Home, an artist talk with Caitlin ffrench, a visual artist working with botanical and earth pigments as a way to find connection between memory and place.

Lyall and Sally Markham, Gerri Randall, Margaret Acton, Edwin Leung and Penny Lyle were among those taking part in the Sechelt Garden Club’s “FlowerUp!Sechelt” effort on Mermaid Avenue in downtown Sechelt, May 5.

Kisses to everyone who made my 90th so special with flowers, calls and cards, to the Antique Car Club for the honking parade past my house, thank you all.

After five years, the Henderson Beach knotweed removal project in Roberts Creek is completed.

In normal times you would see our dragon boat team, Sunshine Dragons Abreast, hard at work in Sechelt Inlet. But our twice-weekly practices for exercise and preparation for summer competitions are, of course, on hold.

The Salish Sea hosts many species of waterbirds in the wintertime as our mild temperatures and varied marine ecosystems meet the needs of many members of the goose, swan, duck, grebe and loon families.

Disposing of expired flares has been an ongoing dilemma for boaters across the country. If your flares have a manufacture date of 2017 or earlier, they have or will expire this year.