In the Community

Canada World Youth (CWY) volunteers teamed up recently with the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society to transform a garden area outside its hospice rooms.

A community lecture and workshop, entitled "Social Inclusion: understanding the patterns of teasing, isolation and bullying," is coming to the Coast next week. Guest lecturer Kim John Payne will present an evening public talk on Wednesday, Sept.

Everything is big in the Big Apple, including their sports teams. I was in New York last week for eight days and during my stay took in several sports events - all at New York's three new stadiums.

It's hard to believe this is already the 30th Terry Fox Run. Once again, the Terry Fox Run will take place in Roberts Creek, starting and finishing at the Roberts Creek Elementary School on Sunday, Sept. 19.

Like so many of us, this year's Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast riders have personal reasons for wanting to eliminate cancer. Sunshine Coast RCMP Const. Jennifer Balfour's paternal grandmother died from breast cancer. And her riding partner, Const.

They remain in our hearts forever.

Cops for Cancer Ladies Red Serge Gala is Thursday, Sept. 16. Tickets went on sale yesterday, Sept. 2, at the Sechelt RCMP detachment.

While it may seem we live in a wealthy corner of the world, there are still those on the Sunshine Coast who go to bed without a proper meal. Rev. Peter van der Leelie of St.

The Sunshine Coast Early Childhood Planning Table is pleased to announce the awards of Success By 6 grants to local projects that enhance our supports for families with young children.

A three-day juried exhibition of fabric arts held in the library of Elphinstone Secondary School was a highlight of the Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival last weekend. Wearable art is the realm of Ursula Bentz of Gibsons.