In the Community

Handsworth secondary music program students (and brothers) James and Nelson Floe will be taking part in the school's upcoming Bottle Drive fundraiser on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Edna Simpson, Mona Morrison and Louise Bovet collectively work on a large quilt as part of the Lions Gate Quilters Guild at St. Andrews Church. The group donated 140 quilts to various North Shore medical facilities.

Gabriel Mazoret, Maureen Bragg and Ethan Gilbert do some work on the Draycott trail system in advance of the annual Lynn Valley Park Enhancement Project scheduled for Saturday, April 18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Here are some of the local Easter events happening this weekend: Lions Easter Egg Hunt: Kids ages two to nine are invited to hop on over to Heywood Park (Marine Drive and Hamilton Avenue), North Vancouver, on Saturday, April 4 from 10 a.m.

A plumed player dropped in for a tryout during a soccer practice in North Vancouver last week, much to the delight of onlookers.

We often receive great photos (like this one of local mountain-biking teen Caleb Holonko) of local people doing interesting activites and we'd like to share them in print and online.

Event organizers Emma Tymm-Nash and Laurie Oseen and Carson Graham secondary principal Karim Hachlaf invite people to attend the school’s third annual spring fundraising gala, Denim & Diamonds, on Saturday, April 11 at 7 p.m.

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.