In the Community

Volunteers with the Gibsons Seniors Society (GSS) started kitchen renovations at Harmony Hall on Sunday, Nov. 1, removing anything not anchored in the kitchen. “We’ll be back in business on Monday, Nov. 16,” said GSS president Judy Larson.

The shrike family consists of 33 species, largely confined to Eurasia and Africa, with only two species in North America and none in South America. Shrikes are anomalous in that they are a carnivorous songbird, which sounds like a paradox.

The Roberts Creek Community Association has welcomed two youth volunteers from Montreal who will be spending six weeks helping around the Roberts Creek Community Hall as part of a project organized by the Montreal-based nonprofit organization, Chanti

The Rotary Club of Sechelt has created some portable lightweight eight-foot-high flagpoles, each with a three-by-six-foot Canadian flag, as a new fundraisng tool.

Hallmark week for many reasons. The white supremacist reign of terror is over. Saturday the sun shone brighter than ever, the air was pure, pristine and invigorating. We headed out on our last trip to stock up for hibernation.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. The weather forecast noted the possibility of snow earlier this week, but we didn’t see a flake in Halfmoon Bay.

There will not be a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in downtown Sechelt this year, but the monument is still being used to mark the occasion.

Sunshine Coast ElderCollege presents the free, annual Clifford Smith Memorial Lecture with Dr. Erwin Diener on Zoom. The lecture is titled: “The Immune System: Its Protective and Destructive Nature.” All ages are welcome.

$20K grant to SCCSS will help establish holistic food program

The new EarthFair Store opens this Saturday, Nov. 7 with a COVID-19-sensitive, outdoor celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 12902 Madeira Park Rd. Bring your mask for this soft opening and see what is happening with the Loon Foundation.