In the Community

There will be fun for all ages next weekend as the Lagoon Society hosts its third annual Sunshine Coast BioBlitz and Family Fun Days. Community members of all ages are warmly invited to join in the festivities at the Iris Griffith Centre from 9 a.m.

The final chapter of the David Thompson Brigades has come to a close.

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Bring the family and join the Royal Astronomical Society for Astronomy in the Park, Saturday, Aug. 20, from 3 to 11 p.m. at Porpoise Bay Provincial Park in Sechelt.

The Diversity Caravan is coming to town. Watch out for the information booth and interactive community art poster at the Farm Gate Market in Roberts Creek on Aug. 15 from 3 to 6 p.m.

Sunshine Coast Girl Guides recently spent a week doing what they do best - celebrating fun, friendship and adventure.

Editor's note: This is the seventh in a series of stories about people who were raised on the Sunshine Coast who are making a successful mark in the world of their chosen vocations.

Bursts of colour, hanging baskets and freshly planted trees and shrubs adorn the tranquility garden outside the Coast Hospice rooms at Shorncliffe intermediate care home.

Continents away where two oceans meet, nine Canadian and nine South African women have come together for a women's exchange program.

More than $3,800 was raised to directly support Sunshine Coast KidSport when Sunshine Coast Credit Union and Marketplace IGA teamed up for a free outdoor family movie night on Monday, July 25, at Brothers Park in Gibsons.