Community

Saanich News carriers celebrated for National Newspaper Carrier Appreciation Week

Carr’s persona brought to life in presentation and art

Victoria Floral Artists Guild meets Oct. 10 at Garth Homer Centre

Event raises $12,000 for Greater Victoria women’s shelters

Sidney by the Sea Rotary Club donated $3,500 for a new aviation simulator

Work crews on frontlines of worst wildlife season in B.C. history helped save two birds

Local street church raising funds to re-stock the shelves of their food distribution centre

OctoberFest up this month as Monterey rolls out the barrel

At their annual open house on Sept. 30, Anna Hudson, an activities and rental co-ordinator for Beacon Community Services, flipped through a long list of programs offered to the community, but she said with a laugh that she still gets callers asking, “Are you an old folks’ home?”

In celebration of Canada 150, the Victoria Village Squires Barbershop Chorus is performing in Sooke at the community hall on Oct. 21.