In the Community

The Beachcombers, Canada's longest-running dramatic TV production, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Restorative Justice week takes place across Canada from Nov. 18 to 25, and will be celebrated along the Sunshine Coast with information events in Sechelt and Gibsons.

Raffles, sports camps, flower sales and recycling are among the many fundraising activities planned by the Elphinstone 2013 graduating class this year.

The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) is hosting its Celebration of Conservation event at the Robert's Creek Hall this Saturday at 7 p.m.

You'll see a little local nostalgia in the movie A Christmas Story 2, now available on DVD. The sequel, based on the Christmas classic, is set in the late 1930s and was filmed earlier this year in Vancouver.

The Salvation Army will add text-messaging and on-line donations to its traditional Christmas Kettle drive this year, campaign coordinator Sarah Ward told Gibsons council's committee-of-the-whole Tuesday.

When North Vancouver resident Shan Bodie saw her fearless mutt Fiddich barking and swimming headlong into a pod of killer whales in Howe Sound recently, she feared he would surely be killed.

The Sechelt Legion will explore creating senior and veterans housing in order to keep its doors open, said Paul Lith, chair of the finance committee for Sechelt Legion Branch No. 140.

Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church in Pender Harbour will be kicking it up a notch on Nov. 16 in a fundraising event for a small village in Africa. Kick Start for Kigeme will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the church (13625 Sunshine Coast Highway).

KidSport Sunshine Coast is able to increase the number of kids who will be taking to the fields and rinks this year as a result of the recent Elphi Fall Fun Fest held at Elphinstone Secondary School.