In the Community

The North Shore Optimist Club held an Oratorical and Essay Contest Winners event June 25. The event was held at Andreas Restaurant in North Vancouver.

The 12th annual Taste of the Bay event hosted by the Horseshoe Bay Business Association transformed Royal Avenue into a street party on a beautiful evening in late May.

The Cheakamus Foundation for Environmental Learning has received a $55,000 contribution from the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s community salmon program.

BC Ferries reached a record high for vehicle traffic levels and carried the second highest number of passengers in its history during the past fiscal year. The system carried 22.3 million passengers and 8.

After nine years at the helm, director of library services Jenny Benedict is turning the page. The library director has announced that she will officially retire from her role at the West Vancouver Memorial Library on July 12.

A special friendship between a senior and students blossomed after the harvest at Highlands Elementary. The original plan called for flowers to brighten up four empty garden beds by the gravel field, when the school reopened in 2009 after a rebuild.

Bright spools of thread recently wound their way through Boundary Elementary – strengthening school spirit and collaboration.

When your job typically involves tending cemeteries and mowing down huge swaths of grass on public land, you likely would jump at any opportunity for a little creative license in your life.

I took a Skyride to get to summer camp! That’s what these kids will boast about in September. From learning survival skills to becoming a bona fide shutterbug, exciting adventure awaits high above the city – on Grouse Mountain.

The 7:30 a.m. ferry will continue to run at 7:30 on week days until June 27. After that, she sets sail at 7:20.