In the Community

The First West Vancouver Scout Group held its annual Baden Powell Dinner at the Gleneagles Community Centre on Feb. 19, celebrating the founders of the Scouts and Guides movements, Robert Stephenson Baden-Powell and his wife Olave St.

This article has been amended since first posting. Seven North Shore residents have been nominated for the 2020 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. The 37th annual awards honour extraordinary women leaders across 12 categories.

She grew up in an unincorporated community in northern Manitoba where her family was fragmented and abuse was rampant. “I was basically born into this ignorance,” says Sophie Merasty.

Protected habitat hidden in plain sight

When it comes to heritage conservation, one home has no peer. During a Feb.

North Shore Women’s Centre staff Maryam Saroei and Miranda Russell, with volunteer Kelsie Grant, put together raffle prizes for the centre’s International Women’s Day Celebration and Gala taking place Anatoli Souvlaki on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m.

Young artist: Arvin Samani, 10, Montroyal Elementary Art teacher: Lauren Robitaille Favourite art: Sketching Favourite artist: Claude Monet His teacher writes: Arvin is a natural artist.

This striking image shows a view of the Maplewood mudflats, including wooden path over the tidal mud and ramshackle squatter's homes on stilts over the water. The shacks were connected to land and to each other by “rustic” boardwalks.

The residents of Kiwanis Garden Village were treated to some fine folk and Celtic music Saturday afternoon. A Casual Arrangement, an 18-piece all-ages Celtic band, performed at the seniors residence located off 21st in West Vancouver.

The work of Mia Cinelli, an assistant professor in the School of Art & Visual Studies at the University of Kentucky, is currently on view at Deep Cove’s Seymour Art Gallery .