In the Community

Sheila Allan has drawn all manner of people, though the setting’s often been the same. For those who have found themselves sitting in a B.C.

Members of the Lions Gate Hospital laboratory staff sent this photo to the North Shore News asking us to share it to convey their thanks for the support they have received from the community. For the past week a nightly 7 p.m.

This image from 1944 shows a large crowd of men at quitting time at Burrard Dry Dock. According to notes on the back of the original photograph, they are "hustling to catch a ferry,” and the crowd includes all trades and numbers approximately 11,000.

People have been compelled to stay away from one another due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, yet everywhere you look they’re finding ways to stay close – figuratively speaking.

By now everyone’s accustomed to people across the North Shore making noise and getting loud in support of front-line health-care workers at 7 p.m. each night, and lately, the show of solidarity has got a bit brighter as well.

There may be a great distance between them, but one North Vancouver resident is doing what she can to stay close with her family across the border during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Normally people don’t ask their neighbours to turn the racket up, but of course, these are anything but normal times.

West Vancouver’s 2020 Bridge Festival, scheduled for June 5 and 6, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The North Shore News feted standout businesses at its 24th Readers Choice Awards party, held earlier this month at the Wallace at the Shipyards. More than 5,000 ballots were cast for local businesses and services in 186 categories.

This article has been amended to note Adrian Juric has closed his office due to the pandemic. You can’t run from your problems but, sometimes, it helps to walk.