In the Community

Is a colleague withdrawing from interaction or contact around the office? Has someone you work with started missing a lot of deadlines? Is one of your staff calling in sick much more frequently? That someone could even be you.

Tri-cities Caregivers Connections is offering a five-week program of education and support for caregivers from Feb. 17 to March 17.

The Coquitlam Optimist Club is offering $450 in prizes and an opportunity to win a $2,500 scholarship in Optimist International's 2011 essay contest. The essay contest is open to students under 19 years of age as of Dec. 31, 2010.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation's 2011 Report on Canadians' Health warns that nine out of 10 Canadians are jeopardizing the quality and length of their lives.

Books, bellydancing and The Big Game are three great reasons to stay indoors and out of the rain this weekend. But in case you want more, here's what's happening in and around the Tri-Cities. Friday, Feb.

By Mario Bartel The Tri-City News Trudy Zonneveld has seen people react with glee, bewilderment, shock and even embarrassment to her singing. But she never thought it would help her get out of a speeding ticket.

Shortly after Dorothy Wickinhiser got a kidney and a new lease on life in January 1991, the 54-year-old kidney-disease sufferer told a Tri-City News reporter that the transplant had been nothing short of "a miracle.

By Lori Nick Shakespeare and his times are mentioned in the popular children's series 39 Clues and Septimus Heap. A reader of both series, my daughter was intrigued by Early Modern English speech.

TODAY: Friday, Jan. 28 CSI: COQUITLAM Roman Danylo, star of the CTV show Comedy Inc., returns to Coquitlam with his hit live sketch show.

Teens who like working with younger kids and need community service hours should consider joining the winter session of Reading Buddies at Coquitlam Public Library.