In the Community

B.C. bats are threatened by disease, and the Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project and B.C. Community Bat Program continue to ask community members for help.

The Sunshine Coast Friends of Forage Fish volunteer group is reminding gardeners that herring spawn season has started and no seaweed should be collected for gardens in February, March and early April.

On Saturday, Feb.

Matt Treit, the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s manager of protective services, who is responsible for overseeing the emergency program, the SCRD fire departments and bylaw enforcement, spoke to the Elphinstone Community Association meeting about

Vancouver’s Killing Floor Blues Band comes out swinging Friday, Feb. 21 to the RC Legion.

Pender Harbour Music Society presents an exciting weekend of classical music, the Mid-Winter Chamber Music Weekend, Feb. 22 and 23, with Sea to Sky performers Joan Blackman, violin; François Houle, clarinet; and Jane Hayes, piano.

This year the Halfmoon Bay Country Fair theme is being put out to the citizens of Halfmoon Bay. If there is a theme you think appropriate, send in your ideas before March 1 to teknight@telus.

Gibsons Garden Club

The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program will be available again this tax season on the Sunshine Coast. Volunteers will complete simple tax returns, free of charge, for low-income clients.

Pender Harbour Wildlife Society