In the Community

Check out the cover art of a new book by Gibsons educator Michael Maser. It is based on street art found under Vancouver's Granville Bridge and features a normal looking dude in T-shirt and jeans - at least he's normal from the neck down.

Sept. 9 was national Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day and the month of September was B.C.'s FASD Prevention and Support Month. Each year, on the ninth day of the ninth month, people in B.C.

One in five Canadians will experience some type of mood or anxiety disorder in their lifetime, and here on the Coast the high-risk season of short rainy days has officially arrived. In response this reality, the B.C.

On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Royal Astronomical Society - Sunshine Coast Centre will celebrate Fall Astronomy Day with a visitors table at Sunnycrest Mall in Gibsons.

The Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society Chapman Creek Hatchery is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to sustaining and building trout stocks in local waterways and facilitating public education regarding salmonid habitat and their li

Friends and family of Pearl MacKenzie and YMCA Camp Elphinstone gathered on Sept. 17 to celebrate the camp's newly named recreation centre, MacKenzie Hall.

It is a crisp, clear Sep-tember morning and I am riding my bike on one of my favourite trails in West Sechelt: Parbac. The freshly fallen leaves crackle under my tires as I twist and turn through beautiful single-track.

Community members affected by mental illness, their families, advocates and academics came together at a conference in Sechelt last Saturday to share experiences and learn from each other.

Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver is looking for 25 people in the Sunshine Coast area to volunteer one hour each week on school grounds with a boy or girl.

DOXA, a documentary film society that presents independent and innovative documentaries, is heading out of its usual Vancouver base for the first everDOXA Festival on the Sunshine Coast, Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt.