In the Community

Money from golf tournament goes to Burnaby nursing home known for treating residents with care

The two-year anniversary for Connections Coffee House is approaching in September, and the non-profit, volunteer-run coffee shop appears to be growing. Connections now has a group of 40 volunteers who take shifts working in the café.

Everyone, other than vegans and vegetarians, loves a good rack of pork ribs that have been cooked to perfection.

B.C. Day is almost here, and we're all a little thankful for a three-day weekend stretch as we head in to beat some heat and sunny day records.

The Fraser Health Authority is hoping to gather input from local seniors for an online health and wellness survey.

What better way to celebrate B.C. Day than to get a glimpse of how life used to be? The Burnaby Village Museum is offering a special B.C. Day Market Monday on Aug. 5, running from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Years ago, I organized a community workshop to teach people how to get their stories into the local paper, and I've had a couple of requests to do another one. The first couple of sessions were great.

The B.C. Used Oil Management Association and Tire Stewardship B.C. have teamed up to send a group of "ambassadors" to roughly 700 tire shops and oil-change auto shops around B.C., promoting the recycling of used oil, antifreeze and tires.

The Burnaby Seniors Outreach Services Society celebrated on July 24 as another group of volunteers have completed training to become peer counsellors.