In the Community

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.

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.