In the Community

On a cool, crisp fall day, when the leaves on the trees in Mountain View's school courtyard were the colour of ripe pears and ready to drop, some Grade 3 and 4 students scampered through a concrete breezeway on their way into class.

I magine a group of strangers sitting around a campfire, listening and watching, silent and unmoving, as you spin a terrifying tale, knitting its loathsome strands together one by one as the firelight flickers about your face.

Children are always testing their boundaries and it's up to parents to deal with the situations as they arise. But what is the best way to discipline and what does the word even mean? Those questions and more will be answered on Nov.

The Port Moody Farmer's Market is wrapping up the summer season with a fundraiser. Every Friday in October, the market is serving a hot dinner to market attendees, with proceeds going to the Share Family and Community Services food bank.

Volunteerism is alive and well in the Tri-Cities and an event next Saturday will make it easier for people to find out how to connect with agencies needing help.

Trick or treat time is just around the corner and Coquitlam has some spooky fun to offer.

For many workers, this long weekend is a time to relax and to unwind with a Thanksgiving meal. But with the weather set to be a mixed bag, there may not be a lot of chances to get outdoors.

SOUP'S ON The launch of the Tri-Cities' Soup Sisters and Brother Brothers program last month was "simply amazing," said spokesperson Tara McIntosh .

A local tradition is merging with a European one hundreds of years old at an event slated for next Friday evening.

Outside Port Coquitlam's Wilson Centre, it's raining cats and dogs but there's a sunnier climate in the Garden Room thanks to a group of women calling themselves The Story Telling Elders.