In the Community

A group of Burnaby Mounties raised more than $20,000 during Movember and beat 99 other RCMP detachments in the annual Great Canadian Police Challenge. This is the fifth time they've won the title.

Baseball team built bridges between Japanese Canadians and the wider community at large

Fair Haven United Church Homes held its second annual Light up a Life fundraiser last month. The faith-based group, which is based in Burnaby and Vancouver, provides extended care and independent housing to low-income seniors. For the Nov.

Grab your knitting needles and head to the Tommy Douglas library branch for Knit2gether. Crochet, stich and chat with like-minded people between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Dec. 10. This is an informal, friendly group, so all skill levels are welcome.

The annual Christmas dinner at Burnaby’s youth prison is on Friday, Dec. 16. Evelyn Florendo, 80, and a small army of volunteers have put on the event for incarcerated teens for 34 years.

You could call him the Clark Griswold of Burnaby. Joel DuPlessis has been wowing passersby with his Christmas light display for more than three decades, and this year is no exception. The DuPlessis family home will be lit between 4:30 and 11:30 p.m.

Until Dec. 12 Harmony Court Estate, retirement community is collecting on behalf of disadvantaged seniors in Burnaby. We are accepting non-perishable food items and warm outerwear.

Burnaby florist to deliver stockings to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Christmas Day

Being the season of giving, a local care giving company doesn’t want one of the city’s most vulnerable populations to be forgotten.