In the Community

North Shore Firefighters Hockey Club along with North Vancouver City firefighters local 296 and North Vancouver District firefighters local 1183 raised $11,000 for the BC Burn Fund.

Thrifty Foods North Vancouver store manager Ryan Bancroft and his team present Ann-Maire Copping of Ocean Wise with a cheque for $10,000.

Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the portly silhouette of Fats Waller peered down at them from the playbills that adorn Carnegie Hall’s backstage as the musicians of Brockton’s World Music Program waited.

Teresa McKinley, Scott Alpen, Ian Sigurdsson, Nicky Pratt and Helen Volkow rehearse for the upcoming SMP Dramatics Society production of Norm Foster’s The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby on stage at The Theatre at Hendry Hall, 815 Ea

Garth Pinton recalls regularly driving a 10-year-old child to Vancouver for cancer treatments not too long ago. Sadly, the child later passed away at the age of 12, but Pinton remembers their trips together fondly.

Elsie Webb has been volunteering with Canuck Place for more than 10 years. She was drawn to work with the children’s hospice when a friend’s baby was born with a rare chromosomal disorder and died at 10 months old.

Lynn Valley resident passionate about emergency preparedness

Mary-Sue Atkinson of St. David's United Church outreach program picks up her monthly laundry soap donation for First United Church on the Downtown Eastside from Ken Christensen, manager of Save-On-Foods, Park & Tilford.

The North Shore Celtic Ensemble, including Angus Milne, Arley Morris, Sofie Hill and Maya Tomes, is throwing its sixth annual Spring Ceili Dance this Saturday at Highlands United Church.

Tracy Labrosse, Max Smith, Karin Atkinson and Wayne Nolan rehearse Theatre West Van’s comedic production of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps . The story of espionage is set to open its run at the Kay Meek Studio April 21. Go to kaymeekcentre.