In the Community

We’ll close out 2020 with two interesting conjunctions. The first will happen Dec. 12, with the Moon and Venus about 3 degrees apart just before sunrise in the southeast.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. With the wind, rain and rare sunny breaks, some tend to stay inside and hunker down.

COVID-19 has stifled Salvation Army’s ability to recruit volunteers for its most important fundraising event of the year, even as more people turn to the organization for food, clothing and other supports.

We are in the middle of Restorative Justice Week 2020 (Nov. 15-22). In this time of social restrictions, relationships are challenged in ways we have not experienced.

From the mouths of babes … I was sitting with a friend and her 10-year-old, griping mildly about our respective COVID-imposed routines, when the child piped up and said, “Time for a hard reset.

“Reverse the Trend of the Backseat Generation,” a webinar hosted by the Langdale Parent Advisory Council and Vancouver Coastal Health on Oct. 29, was well attended and brought a vibrant discussion around the topic of active travel.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had an awesome week. It’s typical fall weather with a mix of everything but at least the temperatures are staying above freezing.

How much is your community worth to you? For me, it’s worth a lot of dollars a week to buy local quality produce, knowing that you’re keeping local farmers alive, not to mention food security.

Did you ever wonder what hardworking sole proprietors/chefs do when they have a little free time? A huge thank you to Tony Triple BBBs and his enlisted man Steve for volunteering and doing a fine job of it, keeping the Madeira Gardens looking beautif

As we enter the realm of single digit temperatures with a 50 per cent chance of showers, 50 per cent chance of drizzle, 50 per cent chance of rain, it may suck but sure makes us appreciate the sunshine that punctuates the occasional day all the more.