In the Community

Gregory Ould is not a man to stand by and watch someone suffer. The former Tri-Cities resident who now calls Mission home prefers to take action.

TODAY: Friday, Sept. 21 POMO ARTS FEST The annual Port Moody Arts Festival is already underway, and tonight you can Experience Slovakia at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.).

An international movement of activist grandmothers is changing the world and Coquitlam Gogos are pleased to be part of it.

The Port Moody Library willbe hosting a Kids Book Club this fall for students in grades 5 to 7. Get a greater understanding of how to explore the characters in the books and take a more in-depth look at the time period and setting of each story.

Human books will be available for checkout at Coquitlam Public Library next weekend as part of the Living Library program.

GOLD MEDALS Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Joe Trasolini joined PoMo Mayor Mike Clay and RBC rep Janet Phillips this month to hand out nearly 500 gold medals to young readers who took part in this summer's 50 days of reading at the Port Moody library.

The iconic buildings, sweeping vistas and beautiful trees of the Riverview Hospital lands get all the attention.

You can get some fresh air while exploring a popular Tri-City park this weekend. A Metro Vancouver park interpreter will lead the Fresh Air Hike Saturday on the Diez Vistas Trail at Belcarra Regional Park.

Time is running out for you to become a safer boater. As of Sept 15, 2009 everyone operating a powered recreational vessel of any size or type requires a Pleasure Craft Operator's Card (PCOC).

Diane Mausser , president of the Coquitlam branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women, recently handed over $350 to the Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam for its Books for Babies program.