In the Community

A comfy bed and a good book sound like the perfect antidote to the onset of fall, but organizers of the Whistler Readers and Writers Festival have something less solitary in mind. From Oct.

Beyond The Blues is an annual event sponsored by BC Mental Health and Addiction Services and hosted here on the Sunshine Coast by the BC Schizophrenia Society, Sunshine Coast Branch.

Gibsons author and stage performer Jean-Pierre Makosso was so glad to see his wife Yvette after 11 years apart that he ran to her - on his knees. It happened at Vancouver International Airport on Sept.

Jan Kotaska will give an illustrated presentation about mountain gorillas and other wildlife of Uganda at the Oct. 5 meeting of the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society.

Spiritual consultant, Kelly Oswald, author of Buddha Nature: Awaken to Your Life and co-author of Be the Change Cards, will present an intuition workshop at The Oracle at Sechelt.

On Sept. 29 at 11 a.m. mothers and children at sites across Canada, the U.S. and other countries around the world will compete to set the record for the most children breastfeeding at one time.

Sunshine Coast Kid Sport applied for NHL equipment from the NHLPA Goals and Dreams Fund and received three sets of hockey gear last week.

Mental illness doesn't stop on Mondays and that's why Arrowhead is asking the public for support to keep their clubhouse open every weekday. Currently the clubhouse for people with mental illness is only open Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The 2012 version of the Brat Ride (formerly the Brat Race) took place last Sunday with more than 55 participants. Gary Jackson and Lydia Watson from Off the Edge Adventure Sports in Sechelt hosted the fourth annual ride.

The Sechelt Arts Festival, from Oct. 11 to 21, in partnership with the District of Sechelt, is offering a smorgasbord of free family entertainment and art and music workshops for all ages. On Sunday, Oct.