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PENINSULA ZOOMERS: Surrey women in need fortunate to have Options

Options Community Services aims to raise $1.5M for affordable housing

  • Mar 11, 2021
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Dianne Sawicki

SENIORS SCENE: Get moving with outdoor fitness classes

White Rock Recreation and Culture Spring Recreation Guide is now online

  • Mar 10, 2021
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Frank Bucholtz Surrey column

AND FRANKLY: Where there’s a will to raise funds, politicians will find a way

The province is bringing in new municipal election rules

  • Mar 10, 2021
Frank Bucholtz Surrey column
There's been gulls aplenty in Semiahmoo Bay due to the recent influx of herring and anchovy, and Christmas Bird Count numbers will likely reflect that, organizers say. (Tracy Holmes photo)

THINK GREEN: Our planet’s health begins and ends in its oceans

Phytoplankton an undervalued superstar that helps us breathe easy

  • Mar 4, 2021
There's been gulls aplenty in Semiahmoo Bay due to the recent influx of herring and anchovy, and Christmas Bird Count numbers will likely reflect that, organizers say. (Tracy Holmes photo)
brenda anderson

COLUMN: Perhaps caring for one another will be a long-term effect of COVID-19 pandemic

Physical and emotional isolation won’t disappear with the coronavirus

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COLUMN: Friendly freeze-out as weather smack-talk heats up

It’s not my fault if people choose to live where sub-zero temperatures are the norm

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neil fernyhough

ALEXHOUSE: Connecting at a time of distancing

Garden plot applications open until March 15

  • Feb 13, 2021
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SENIORS SCENE: Volunteers team up to deliver meals to seniors

Low-cost frozen meals through frozen food offered weekly

  • Feb 11, 2021
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COLUMN: Not always a pretty picture revealed through the Zoom lens

Staying connected with friends during the pandemic is both risky and rewarding

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april lewis zoomer

PENINSULA ZOOMERS: Share your love story during Valentine’s Zoom event

CARP virtual poetry and prose reading happens Feb. 16

  • Feb 4, 2021
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COLUMN: When the fried chickens come home to roost

Too much comfort food eventually leads to physical discomfort

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Rotary youth leaders – May 2019 R.Y.L.A (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) weekend at Mount Baker, Wash. (Phoenix MacLaren photo)

ROTARY ROUNDUP: Nominations for Community Builder Business Award now open

All Peninsula Rotary clubs meeting via Zoom, welcoming new members

  • Jan 20, 2021
Rotary youth leaders – May 2019 R.Y.L.A (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) weekend at Mount Baker, Wash. (Phoenix MacLaren photo)
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SENIORS SCENE: Zoom classes aim to help seniors improve health and wellness

Three-workshop program begins Jan. 29

  • Jan 20, 2021
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April Lewis

COLUMN: Keep your mind sharp by writing

How-to poetry book inspires during COVID-19 pandemic

  • Jan 14, 2021
April Lewis
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SENIORS SCENE: Zoom, yoga, Osteofit on the calendar at Kent Street Centre

Registration for 2021 White Rock Recreation and Culture winter programs is ongoing…

  • Jan 13, 2021
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COLUMN: Here’s to the new year and better days to come

At the risk of dating myself (yet again) I’ve been thinking recently…

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dianne sawicki

SENIORS SCENE: Gently used, working tablets sought for seniors in need

Devices help isolated seniors stay connected during time of isolation

  • Jan 7, 2021
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column nick greenizan

COLUMN: Shoot for the moon, and bring your phone

If we ever colonize the moon, the folks at SFU want us to have great cell service

  • Dec 31, 2020
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Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Chilliwack Progress.

OPINION: Looking back on a life filled with learning about my grandma

‘She had left out so much of the good stuff, likely for the sake of my young ears’

Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Chilliwack Progress.
White Rock’s waterfront is alight this holiday season after the province gave the go-ahead for a walk-through display. (Aaron Hinks photo)

COLUMN: You’ll be home for Christmas

Chances are this holiday season looks a little different than what you’re used to

White Rock’s waterfront is alight this holiday season after the province gave the go-ahead for a walk-through display. (Aaron Hinks photo)
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