In the Community

Carson Graham secondary Grade 10 IB student Jouya Majafi relaxes in the homeless shelter he designed and constructed. Students showcased their Personal Projects on Feb. 18, taking on a topic of their choice and conducting and independent inquiry.

Michele Blanchet, Krista Braathen and sons Cyrus and Sean, along with Ellen Hayakawa, celebrate International Day of Random Acts of Kindness by handing out flowers to passersby on Lonsdale Avenue.

Westcot elementary students worked with the West Vancouver Museum to set up an Artists for Ecuador gallery in the school gym on Feb. 24. The students sold their art with proceeds going toward building a school in Ecuador.

Mt. Seymour is collecting lightly worn winter clothing, such as winter jackets, pants and gloves, as well as children's books, to ensure that refugees have appropriate attire to enjoy a day on the mountain.

Metro Vancouver education co-ordinator Tanya Melanson watches as Charlie Dempster learns about wastewater treatment with an interactive display at Metro’s public open house for the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is federally and provinc

"We actually had a great example almost the day we launched it," says Deb Koep, deputy director of the West Vancouver Memorial Library, speaking about a new online learning tool available for free to North Shore residents.

Both the District and City of North Vancouver handed out their annual Heritage Awards in February to coincide with B.C. Heritage Week, which took place Feb. 15-21.

Each year we ask North Shore News readers to tell us about their favourite local places and spaces. We want to know about the best local sites to visit, eat at, get a hair cut, entertain, relax and much more.