In the Community

Bears are still around and it's important to lock up garbage - even through the coming winter. Bear attractants are not to be left out and garbage carts and cans can only be set out between 5:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on collection day.

Douglas College Foundation is hoping people will join them in grooving the night away Saturday at its annual fundraiser for student aid. The theme for the 14th year of A Class Act will focus on the 1970s.

You can help yourself while continuing to help someone else with the help of Tri-Cities Caregivers Connections. The local group is hosting a program for caregivers who provide unpaid care and support to a person 50 or older.

Conservation officer James Kelly loves his job but he wrestles with its public image. On his wall at work are cartoons depicting conservation officers as animal killers rather than protectors. He gets the joke but the barbs sting.

Bears hibernate because there is no food available to them, not because of the cold; thus, hibernation is an important survival strategy for them. They will typically hibernate for three to five months on B.C.

The fall session of the Port Moody Public Library Book Buddies will run on Saturday mornings starting tomorrow (Oct. 22) and running through Dec. 10.

Halloween isn't just about dressing up and eating candy - it also provides fun opportunities to learn, according to ABC Life Literacy Canada.

Halloween is a fun time for children but it carries with it some common potential injuries.

It's Pro-D day on Friday, which means parents will be looking to keep their kids busy. Luckily, there's a lot going on in the Tri-Cities this weekend. TODAY: Friday, Oct. 21 FUNLAND Art Knapps (1300 Dominion Ave.

You can celebrate Halloween with stories and songs about pumpkins, black cats and ghosts at Port Coquitlam's Terry Fox Library. Families and caregivers with young children can attend this special, fun-filled storytime on Oct.