In the Community

TODAY: Friday, Aug. 9 EAT YOUR GREENS The Port Moody Farmers' Market runs from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Port Moody recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.) with vendors selling fresh food and crafts. Visit makebakegrow.com.

TODAY: Friday, Aug. 2 DELICIOUS Load up on fresh veggies and berries, homemade bread and locally raised meats at the Port Moody Farmers' Market outside the Port Moody recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.) from 3 to 7 p.m.

A multicultural summer fair is taking place Wednesday (July 31) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Spirit Square, next to Glen Pine Pavilion in Coquitlam.

A Christmas vacation to a Caribbean hot spot has led a Port Moody woman to start a group that will send thousands of donated shoes to an impoverished country.

The city of Port Coquitlam is offering residents the chance to appear in the 2014 calendar and win a photo shoot with a professional photographer. The Faces of Port Coquitlam contestants have until Aug.

TODAY: Friday, July 26 FARMERS' MARKET Buy some locally grown grub at the Port Moody Farmers' Market, which starts at 3 p.m. outside the Port Moody recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.). Vendors wrap up at 7 p.m. Visit makebakegrow.com.

A recent volunteer trash clean-up in Hoy Creek has again highlighted the problem of errant litter.

A special walk-and-talk at Colony Farms Aug. 9 will show what plants need to be grown to attract wild pollinators. Ecologist Elizabeth Elle will lead the excursion at Colony Farm Community Gardens from 7 to 9 p.m.

Residents of Port Coquitlam are being encouraged to invite city firefighters to their block parties or community events this summer as part of the city's Hot Summer Nights program.

X FACTOR Port Moody resident and UBC business undergrad Frankie Cena wowed the crowd for his live audition on the popular hit TV show The X Factor. The 21-year-old actor, singer and model who, last November, was named Mr.