In the Community

This Friday, July 12, enjoy a special musical evening at Pender Harbour Music Society’s Coffee House at the School of Music.

As the summer season gets under way, many of you up and down the Sunshine Coast will be heading out on boats of all shapes and sizes, eager to enjoy the marine beauty that our beautiful region has to offer.

Most Sunshine Coasters, and thousands of visitors have enjoyed the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden (SCBG) by now. You’ve come for pleasant walks or birdwatching, workshops or celebrations or to volunteer.

The Harbour Gallery in the heart of Madeira Park is now open for the summer season seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Partial proceeds from works sold this season will go towards PODS, Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station.

The annual low tide beach exploration at Sargeant Bay takes place July 7, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find out more about our beaches and seashore. Hosted by Ruby Lake Lagoon Society, Sargeant Bay Society and BC Parks.

The first set of non-Indigenous twins born in Sechelt celebrated their 90th birthday on July 2, just missing Canada Day by hours. Genny Page and Marguerite Hansen are healthy, lively and interested in the world around them.

The long-awaited new Old Book Gnome was unveiled to the students of Cedar Grove Elementary the day before school ended. Teachers and principal Barry Krangle led everyone out into the sunshine to where the old gnome sits beside the Cedar Grove sign.

Kassandra Stinchcombe is grinning this June.

Summer Reading Club

The Halifax waterfront is full of surprises. On a breezy Saturday in June the boardwalk that lines this Nova Scotia port is packed with visitors.