In the Community

The Pender Harbour Community Club, stewards for our beloved Community Hall and hosts to events and markets, are gently reminding members to renew their memberships. New members are warmly welcomed. Cost is $5 for a single person and $10 for a family.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week and are braving the cold. We’ve hit some low temperatures over the last few days and the forecast is calling for five to 10 degrees below seasonal for the coastal areas.

I immigrated to Canada a couple years ago, and I’m relatively new to the coast. I’m finding it hard to make connections, access services and improve my English, especially during this pandemic.

You can maybe win a prize. Send in your haiku. Let the inaugural Gumboot Nation Haiku Throw-Down begin! Rules are: Haiku syllable structure of three lines, 5-7-5, 17 syllables, no more, no less. No need to rhyme but fill yer (gum) boots.

People on the Sunshine Coast affected by dementia face additional difficulties and complexities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Family dynamics, in particular, may be affected by these new changes and physical distancing protocols.

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that many communities, and ours in particular, are what they are because of the efforts of the often unsung heroes that work to create something out of nothing.

January continued the warm, wet weather that has prevailed all of this winter. As a result, the birdlife of the Sunshine Coast has remained very mundane with few notable observations.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. Looks like that big bright ball in the sky made its appearance a few times. They say, “Spring is just around the corner.

Congratulations to our Literacy Crawl winners! The organizers created a wonderful new outdoor format, a sign of the times enjoyed by all participants. Well done and thank you! The January event was a positive and fun start to 2021.

The next Elphinstone Community Association (ECA) meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. will feature Tracy Green as guest speaker; she’ll talk about Census 2021 and the recruitment of crew leaders, enumerators and assistants.