In the Community

On May 8, Mujtabaa Saloojee, a most amazing young man, will receive a 2013 BC Rehab Gert Vorsteher Memorial award for his determination to overcome a catastrophic injury that left him a quadriplegic.

The Sunshine Coast Volunteer Centre has a new way of celebrating National Volunteer Week this year. National Volunteer Week is April 21 to 27 across Canada and gives organizations and communities a chance to recognize and thank their volunteers.

For most of us, dying is not something we want to spend a lot of time thinking about. Most of us, given our druthers, would prefer to exit the Earth in our sleep in the middle of a dream.

While celebrating Earth Day in Roberts Creek this Sunday, take some time to visit the grounds and hear presentations at the Roberts Creek cohousing village. An open house will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.

Earth Day will be celebrated on Sunday, April 21, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Roberts Creek pier.

April at the Botanical Garden runs the gamut - from two sessions about our animal inhabitants to a Mad Hatter's garage sale. The mad-cap garage sale is Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Sparling Pavilion, 5941 Mason Rd. in West Sechelt.

On Saturday, April 27, Pender Harbour will gather at the government dock (also known as Millennium Park) for the 12th annual April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge.

A diverse crowd gathered at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall on March 30, to celebrate the 80th birthday of shíshálh elder, xwu'p'a'lich Barb Higgins.

Thanks to the generous contributions of community members and local businesses, endangered western painted turtles now have a beautiful new place to nest at Trout Lake. For years, turtles have struggled to find suitable nesting habitat at the lake.

The RCMP will have two new recruits, as soon as they're old enough to apply.