In the Community

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. Wow, another windstorm and a few power outages but no reports of major damage from trees or branches falling down. We had quite the mess to clean up in our yard though.

There are many traditions and rituals that help guide us through this crazy thing called life. Some are celebrated by different cultures across the world, some hyper-local, created for a family unit or group of friends.

Sunshine Coast Hospice is partnering with Hospice volunteer Janey Talbot to offer a seven-week course entitled, “From Ageing to Sage-ing: Choosing to Live Consciously as We Age.

Denmark-born Sechelt resident celebrates a century of life

Happy news for the coming month of April: the Seniors Initiative will start up carpet bowling on April 21 and 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. Chair Yoga with Carole Logtenberg will return on Mondays and Fridays, on April 12, 23, 26 and 30, from 11 a.m. to noon.

As card-carrying residents of the Gumboot Nation (Roberts Creek Community Association cards available at Eco-Freako and the library), we share many of the same values when it comes to our little slice of paradise.

The early stages of the spring migration are underway with reports of about 10 migrant species to date (22nd March), however, the headlines have been pre-empted by the visit of a rare species to coastal B.C. – a black-billed magpie.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. Looks like the temperatures have been in the double digits during the day but have gone below zero on some clear nights so don’t put away your warm clothes just yet.

The Comfort Society, a committee within the Sunshine Coast Quilters’ Guild that looks after donating quilts, reached out to RainCity Housing to ask if they would like any quilts for the new supportive housing complex on School Road in Gibsons.

International speaker, documentary filmmaker and BC Council for International Cooperation (BCIC) executive director Mike Simpson spoke at the March Elphinstone Community Association (ECA) meeting.