In the Community

A welcome sign of spring, pussy willows were highly visible in Madeira last Saturday. Beautiful bouquets were sold raising funds for the BCSPCA.

What could prove to be the best night out in Halfmoon Bay is the upcoming burger and beer night at Coopers Green Hall next Saturday March 29 at 6:30 p.m. With live entertainment from the ever-popular Jack & G a.k.a.

The next Langdale Elementary School (LES) parent advisory council meeting is this Tuesday March 25 at 7 p.m. The Gibsons and District Public Library is launching its 100-year celebration next Saturday, March 29 from 1 to 4 p.m.

A pod of killer whales were sighted on Saturday in Howe Sound. This is incredibly exciting as news of the big, black fish spread throughout social media.

This Friday night March 21 at the Legion enjoy dinner and the music by Grant Olsen. If you cannot make that, then how about the 9 p.m. Roots Roundup? It promises to be a swinging evening.

Makers are craftspeople, artists, tinkerers, inventors and hackers. They use their ingenuity and a blend of new and old technologies to create objects that are functional, funky or just beautiful.

The Seagrass Conservation Working Group has once again visited eelgrass transplant sites at Halfmoon Bay and Sechelt Inlet to monitor and add to transplant locations.

Come out to Seedy Saturday to find inspiration, learn from the experts, and purchase locally adapted, open pollinated seeds and seedlings. Spring is a few weeks away, which means that it is time to start planning for our summer gardens.

Sechelt's Brianna Lumb is ready to experience different cultures and help make some positive change through a Canada World Youth (CWY) exchange this summer.

Are you concerned about Canada's shifting directions? Murray Dobbin is, and he uses his skills as an author and journalist to convince Canadians of a growing democratic deficit. Next Saturday, March 22 at 2 p.m.