In the Community

The 12th annual Glotman Simpson Cypress Challenge took place on Sunday, Aug. 11 in what has become Canada’s largest fundraising event for pancreatic cancer research and care.

For once, North Shore libraries are encouraging patrons to scream and shout – as long as it’s at the fair. Adult PNE Fair-goers will be eligible for $6 gate admission on Wednesday, Aug.

There’s a crew of teenage girls from Squamish Nation hard at work on the shores of North Vancouver, pulling together along a new path while also following the paddles strokes of their ancestors on a new team with the North Vancouver Canoe Club.

Shirley McKell of the North Shore Artists' Guild and her fellow painters are inviting the public to Park & Tilford Gardens for Art under the Arbour on Aug. 24 and 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Rock Ambleside returns to West Vancouver this weekend, with rockers Honeymoon Suite, Sass Jordan, Quiet Riot, Blue Oyster Cult, and more ready to help you rock your heart out tonight, tomorrow and Sunday.

North Vancouver City Firefighters Charitable Foundation donated $3,000 to the Quinn Keast Foundation recently.

Susan Bock Smith and Judy Bjornson of Surefeet , who provide seniors’ balance and mobility training programs, are hosting a community garage sale at Mollie Nye House , 940 Lynn Valley Rd., on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sandi Melody and Jeremy Vallance lead a group of 80 people in a rendition of Elton’s John’s “Crocodile Rock” during the weekly Singing by the Sea recently.

Hot reading tips and cool fall programs from North Vancouver District Public Library

West Vancouver’s Harmony Arts Festival held their ninth annual Best of the West restaurant competition at Ambleside Pier on a warm summer evening Wednesday, Aug.