In the Community

Youngsters brave the rain, test out new playground

The West Vancouver Emergency Services Gift Drive is on now. From now until Dec.

An international artist, students and dignitaries from across the North Shore were in attendance for a Welcome Pole Ceremony held at St. Thomas Aquinas in North Vancouver Thursday afternoon.

There’ll be trees and shrubs and ample opportunity for play during a Plant & Play event at Moodyville Park (Moody Avenue and East Second Street) tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m.

An entertainment company has partnered with Capilano University to create a new entrance scholarship which will help students pursuing careers in B.C.’s creative industries.

The North Shore’s Laudate Singers chamber choir, celebrating 25 years of music, held its annual fundraising dinner and concert gala, Venetian Gold, at the Seymour Golf and Country Club on Saturday, Oct. 26.

A pair of Eagles picked the best spot in the house for watching a sunset recently.

Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School in North Vancouver took part in World Kindness Day on Nov. 13, an international event where people band together to deliver kind acts.

It was 1926 and a very era-appropriate event was on the horizon: the circus was coming to town. It was a big deal that the travelling show was pulling into tiny Cranbrook, B.C.

Joann Unruh and Marion Maxwell of the North Shore Artists’ Guild survey some of the work before the public gets to have a look at the Winter Art Sale on Saturday, Nov. 16. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.