In the Community

Sunshine Coast Regional District board chair and Halfmoon Bay area director Garry Nohr has confirmed the closest gathering point for the protest against BC Ferry cuts will be the north end of Redrooffs Road at Highway 101 next Saturday, Jan.

The 35th Sunshine Coast Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was held on Dec. 14 with good weather conditions of overcast skies, drizzle at times and generally calm wind.

Yes, it is that time of the year - the time when we all reconsider the reality of the past year and how we may not have been quite as good to ourselves as we had wished.

Sechelt residents experiencing early memory loss can get their Minds in Motion in the New Year. A new fitness and social program offered by the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C.

Do today's high school students take any interest in the works of past poets? Most adults would believe that they have other interests based on the technology of the future.

Sunshine Coast Grandmothers and GrandOthers (SCG&G), friends of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foun-dation, work hard fundraising to support the work of African grandmothers.

Guest speaker Peter Hews will give a presentation entitled; Earthquakes in the Sunshine Coast area: past, present and future at the first meeting of 2014 for the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society. The meeting is tonight, Friday, Jan.

Happy New Year to everyone! Halfmoon Bay Elementary School kicks their new year off with a pancake breakfast and gingerbread making activity on Monday, Jan. 6.

Festivities for all ages - the season's music, stories and sweets; making wishes, nature crafts and memories; wreaths, stories and photos with a zany Santa - Woodland Christmas this Sunday, Dec.

The merchants of Gibsons Landing are getting into the holiday spirit with a one-day holiday event next Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.