In the Community

Patients and visitors checking into Eagle Ridge Hospital are seeing some fresh faces - along with fresh baking - thanks to a unique partnership between the ERH Auxiliary and Heritage Woods secondary school.

Are you an immigrant who wants to know how to: reduce your banking costs; build a credit history; gain control over your financial future; and grow your money? Money Skills for Immigrants is offered by Tri-City Transitions and is designed for partici

Income tax time is in full swing and Port Coquitlam's Wilson Centre is offering free income tax preparation for low-income individuals ($20,000 or lower annual income) and couples ($35,000 or less household income).

The Family Resource Centre run by the Learning Disabilities Association North Branch is registering for programs for children, including a support group for siblings of children with special needs.

You can embrace the start of spring by learning to make your own succulent and alpine planters - with a little help from a local gardener and Port Coquitlam's Terry Fox Library.

There are 276 shopping days 'til Christmas but one Heritage Woods secondary school teacher has giving on the mind. English teacher Liz Orme has less than nine months to get 2,000 gift bags sewn for a charity project for her children's school.

Spring has sprung and you can join Coquitlam's Inspiration Garden program leader this Friday, March 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Dogwood Pavilion as she talks about herbs and how useful they can be.

Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary is once again offering an education bursary of $1,000 to a student living in the Tri-Cities. This bursary is available to any student who is planning to pursue a post-secondary education in health care.

Your empties could help animals this weekend. The BC SPCA Education and Adoption Centre in Port Coquitlam is holding a bottle drive on Sunday to raise money for animals in need.

To help people who are new to reading eBooks on their computers or eReaders, Coquitlam Public Library is once again offering training sessions that will cover how to download and authorize the software needed, search for and borrow a digital book fro