In the Community

Of Riverview's 244 acres, the two in its northwest pocket - known as Finnie's Garden - offer a unique, tranquil setting at odds with the bustling traffic of Lougheed Highway just down the hill.

Canadian Blood Services is reminding British Columbians that as the highways fill with summer vacationers, so does the likelihood accidents will occur - and a blood donation could help save a life.

Parents, caregivers and their babies up to 18 months can share books, songs and rhymes on Mondays this summer at Port Moody Public Library's Baby Sing and Learn program.

This weekend marks the halfway point in this thing called summer, so seize the moment and soak up all the Tri-Cities has to offer.

FOUNDATION Coquitlam lawyer Julie Fisher is the new chair of the Coquitlam Foundation's board of directors, replacing the retired Colleen Talbot. "I am very grateful the board has selected me as chair," Fisher said in a press release.

Are you a young, emerging artist looking for encouragement and financial support? Port Moody Arts Centre is taking applications for the 2013 Kwi Am Choi Scholarship to enable young artists to exhibit and promote their work at the arts centre.

Tri-City residents can join thousands of B.C. citizens next month to help tens of thousands of British Columbians with kidney disease. The fourth annual Tri-Cities Kidney Walk is set for Sunday, Aug.

Bill Bidewell slides a stack of papers out of a large brown envelope and starts flipping through the pages. Admission records. Ward reports. Doctors' notes. Clothing inventory. Medical certificate under the Mental Hospitals Act.

For a nurse at Riverview Hospital, work was about much more than folding crisp hospital corners on bed sheets and dispensing pills.

The London 2012 Olympic Games kick off in one week and they and the 2012 Paralympic Games offer an opportunity for parents and children to cheer on their favourite athletes while practising literacy skills, according to ABC Life Literacy Canada.