In the Community

Music has paved the way for some pretty amazing things in Danny Olsen’s lifetime: a wife of 34 years, gigs on either side of the Atlantic and a once-in-a-lifetime celestial jam session.

Saturday, May 3 New Westminster Horticultural Society boulevard plant sale, 520 Fifth St., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. No early birds please. Runs rain or shine. Cash only. New Westminster Lawn Bowling Club, open house, 1 to 4 p.m., 710 Eighth St.

A five-time Paralympian is seeking the community’s support for his bid to become a Local Hero.

I recently wrote of the many benefits of regular physical activity. These include improvements in cardiovascular fitness, sleep quality, mood and anxiety levels and reductions in the risks for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and osteoporosis.

If this week’s warmer weather has got you wanting to get out and about, you’ll like some of this week’s offerings in New West.

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Want to spend some quality time with family and friends this weekend? Get walking! This weekend marks the annual global Jane's Walk festival - offering a series of free, volunteer-led urban walks in honour of Jane Jacobs, the urban activist known for

The New Westminster Lawn Bowling Club is giving folks who’ve passed by the Eighth Street facility and wondered “what the heck are all those people doing on that lawn” a chance to experience lawn bowling for themselves.

Families turned out at River Market on a sunny Sunday afternoon to check out the treasures at a swap meet. Kids' clothes, toys and equipment were all on offer in the community square on the second floor.

Sunday, April 27 Queensweep recycling event, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Queensborough Community Centre, 920 Ewen Ave.