In the Community

She’s not a doctor, nurse, or patient, but one Lynn Valley woman is determined to spend her summer on a floating hospital. That floating hospital is the Africa Mercy, a 499-foot ship equipped with operating theatres and beds for 78 patients.

Retired West Vancouver fire department captain Tom Bell visits with Amahra Jaxen and Barbara Wolfe as they sit in a restored 1929 LaFrance fire engine at the West Vancouver Legion Community Open House June 24.

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Plein air pals Breanna Symonds, 11, and Jessica Coulthard, 10, add flashes of colour to the new mural surrounding Gerry’s Garden near Brooksbank Elementary. Positioned atop a metal fence, the mural runs parallel to the garden and up Rufus Avenue.

Squamish Nation artist Sinámkin (Jody Broomfield) glances over the new carved cedar artwork he created with students for the entrance to Norgate Community Elementary.

Nine-year-old Eli Green plans his summer reading list at the Lynn Valley library. North Vancouver District Public Libraries invite kids of all ages to join the summer reading club. This year’s theme is Walk on the Wild Side.

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Yoga instructor Johanna Ward leads a group at Heywood Park recently. Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland is hosting a fundraising yogathon on Saturday, July 8, 8:30 a.m. at the park.

North Vancouver District firefighters Shane Cadwell, Chris Ovington, Paul Dickson and Chris Bennett give a good scrubbing to one of the department’s retired fire trucks.