In the Community

T he popular Vancouver Fringe Festival will see one of our own strutting his stuff on stage in a new play this month. New Westminster actor Sayer Roberts stars in Riverview High: The Musical, running for a total of eight performances, from Sept.

Firefighters and hospital employees recently showed support for each other's efforts. Members of the New Westminster Firefighters' Charitable Society held a barbecue at Royal Columbian Hospital in support of members of the Hospital Employees' Union.

New Westminster firefighter Gord Denhoed continues to scale great heights for a good cause. Denhoed is preparing for his third climb of Mount Kilimanjaro in October.

If Mariam Larson had her way, people in the workplace would talk more openly about caring for their elderly parents.

KidSport New Westminster is thrilled with the response to its first used equipment sale. The group seeks to help kids participate in organized sports, when financial barriers would otherwise prevent them from getting involved.

Break for lunch - and a little bit of dance - at upcoming River Market 'Lunch Beat'

Tourism New Westminster is serving up snacks to visitors to Westminster Pier Park.

The greatest fools pine for what they have lost, crave what they do not have and fail to love what they have - while they have it. We are all great in this way; each of us has played the fool. It is part of our nature.

As the final entry of a three-part series on shellfish, this article will focus on mollusks. If you missed either two of my previous columns on crustaceans (crab, lobster, prawns, shrimp, crayfish, etc.), please email me at dez@chefdez.