In the Community

On Sunday, Jean Bushfield thought her family were picking her up to go for a spot of lunch to celebrate her 100 th birthday.

Some residents of Burton Avenue hadn't even met each other in five years, until the planting party

Manmohan and Kusum Vij, parents of chef Vikram Vij, have donated $100,000 in support of three new colonoscopes to improve colon cancer screening at Richmond Hospital with the hope of inspiring others to give.

What would the Gulf of Georgia Cannery look like if you were a cat? That’s the question a group of younth volunteers set out to answer when they created the cannery cat exhibit for the museum.

Audrey De Boer will be performing her own 30-minute set for the first time on stage at the Steveston Salmon Festival.

Each one of the three thousand plates of wild sockeye salmon served at the Salmon Festival don’t just feed Steveston, but help to build it. While each plate costs $16, all of the funds go back into the community.

When they got the call to ask if they wanted to be the honorary parade marshals for the Salmon Festival, Roy Matsuyama and Martin Kuramoto assumed it was a wind up.

Singers, storytellers and a yo-yo performer can be found at the family stage for Canada Day this year. The festival is bringing new faces as well as previous favourites like the juggling comedy show with Matt Henry.

Some of Kirstine Dickson’s fondest memories growing up revolve around the tastes and sights of the Salmon Festival. Dickson recalls heading to Minoru — years ago when the boulevard marked the start of the parade — for a pancake breakfast.

The name of a local Steveston band was inspired by an innocuous question over drinks with friends. “Our bass player looked at me and he said, ‘Have you heard any good urban myths lately?’ And I pointed at him and I said, ‘There it is.