In the Community

B.C.’s Seniors Advocate is returning to the North Shore.

While the Lower Mainland will likely see a brief respite from showers seen earlier in the week, the Vancouver weather forecast calls for rainfall to continue into the weekend.

The 40th annual Coho Festival, hosted by the Coho Society of the North Shore, got underway on Sunday, Sept. 8 with swimmers gamely taking on the chilly waters off Ambleside Park in the 1.5-kilometre or three-km Coho Swim.

Snapped in New West

For a month they paddled – and paddled and paddled and paddled.

The Ken Mahon Adera Golf Classic recently raised $101,000 to benefit local charities and support youth programs in B.C.

Three North Shore residents are recipients of the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers, following a ceremony held Thursday in Victoria, B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin presented the medal to 44 recipients from across the province at Government House on Sept.

TD Canada Trust branch manger Brian Blackwood, Elaine Clare, ACCESS Program co-ordinator, Lynn White ACCESS president and CEO, and TD Pacific region senior vice present Andy Cribb present a cheque for $5,000 to the Urban Spirit Foundation, created by

Artist Sarah Ronald hosted a free art workshop on mixed-media painting, collage and resin Saturday morning.

District of North Van holds Summer Reading Club ceremony