In the Community

Stone sculptor Michael Binkley had an epiphany in Italy. He was 20 years old and floundering through life when he decided to study in the epicentre for early Italian Renaissance art.

Jeremy Thorp manually lowers the service bay garage door at the end of another day in Deep Cove. He’s got one last piece of business to attend to before calling it quits. For the Cove’s longtime community mechanic, this transaction is personal.

Shea Emry, retired CFL player and Bell Let's Talk ambassador presents a cheque for $15,000 to Greg Banwell and Elaina Moss of the Canadian Bipolar Association.

Tai Chi Fusion class instructor Josie Loehrich leads a full house at Lynn Valley library. The event was part of the North Vancouver Recreation Commission’s month of complimentary health and wellness classes. nvrc.ca

Yoshiko Karasawa remembers feeling “free” when she immigrated to Canada nearly 45 years ago.

Art teacher: Tanya Jefferson Favourite art: Collage and fabric painting Favourite artist: Aimeé Henry Brown Her teacher writes : Kailani is a highly talented young artist.

Whole lotta shakin’ at Montroyal

Cassie Allard and her daughter Elanor sculpt with kinetic sand at the Lynn Valley Parent Participation Preschool booth at the Early Years Fair at John Braithwaite Community Centre.

Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacists Amir Khazand (far left), Nayan Darji (third from left) and Greg Hood (fourth from left) present a cheque for $7,422 to Sandra Severs (second from left) and Don Stuckart (right) from the Canadian Mental Health Associatio

Nearly one year after its abrupt closure, the Lynn Valley Legion is readying to reopen, according to a spokeswoman from B.C./Yukon Command.