In the Community

Coquitlam and Port Moody public libraries partnered with The Tri-City News to present the Scary Story Contest, which asked Tri-City young people from 11 to 18 years of age to write a terrifying tale in time for Halloween.

Coquitlam grandfather Alexander "Sandy" Olynyk is up to his old tricks again. He has decorated his home at 2980 Cape Crt.

A star from the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Vancouver will be in Port Moody next week to help a charity.

Port Coquitlam will again be the last stop in the country for this year's CP Rail Holiday Train. And it will be carrying on board two of Canada's finest musicians: Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo and Tracey Brown of Family Brown.

If you have a taste for justice, the Dec. 10 Human Rights Day dinner in Port Moody is for you. And if you'd like to do more than have a good meal, the Tri-Cities Amnesty International group is planning the annual dinner at a meeting next Wednesday.

Sherrill Cairns, Jennifer Henderson and Tracy Green of the Douglas College Foundation toasted the success of A Class Act, of which the 17th annual fundraiser was held this month at the David Lam campus in Coquitlam.

Dementia Café, a new drop-in program at Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion, is an opportunity for those with early stage dementia to socialize in a casual and supportive environment.

Tickets are now on sale for the Coquitlam Foundation's country-and-western-themed Kickin' It Country fundraiser, set for Friday, Nov. 7 at Centennial Pavilion, 620 Poirier St., Coquitlam.

A Vancouver woman is honoring her grandmother's love for Halloween by decorating a Coquitlam home as a haunted house and raising funds for Crossroads Hospice and the BC Cancer Foundation.

Take a hike through a west coast rainforest with great views of the ocean. The Fresh Air Hike to Jug Island Beach in Belcarra Regional Park is from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 1; it's a moderately strenuous 6 km walk with stairs and hills.