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In the Community

Learn from a garden master

Bloom where you're planted. Bring your plants and swap them with other passionate gardeners. Join the master gardeners' annual clinic at the Gibsons and District Public library on Easter weekend, Saturday, April 7 between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Coast lawyer lauded for pro bono work

For as long as she's been a lawyer, Alison Sawyer has been an advocate for justice for all people regardless of their economic standing or understanding of legal matters.

Learn to sail set to start 35th year

Learn to Sail teaches boating skills, safety, teamwork, and healthy enjoyment to about 100 youth aged eight to 16 each year in our regional community.

Gallery to host bridal registry event

It's a tradition really, a tradition that's happened for years now.

April Tools now in its 11th year

Pender Harbour will once again celebrate the coming of spring with the April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge, now in its 11th year. On April 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Volunteers test plot plantings

The Seagrass Conservation Working Group and volunteers from the Sunshine Coast Friends of Forage Fish took on a project recently to do some test plot plantings of eelgrass.

Hearing the herring spawn

Last year I had the privilege of meeting and working with Dr. Jonn Matsen. Matsen is a highly respected naturopathic doctor on the North Shore, whose work inside the office brings forth miracles of all sorts.

Help for recurrent depression

Depression is one of the most common mental health problems, and many people suffer from recurring episodes of this disorder.

Community supports lunch program

For more than 15 years, Gibsons Elementary School has been offering a free sandwich program for children who do not have enough food for lunch. The program has in the past provided sandwiches for children three days a week.

Governor General's award-winner to visit

On Friday, March 23, David Zieroth, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry will be in Sechelt to read from his work. Zieroth's poems have appeared in magazines and anthologies across Canada and in the U.S.