In the Community

5(or more) Things to do this weekend

urnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian has been recognized by his peers in Ottawa. Julian was honoured to receive the runner-up award for the Most Knowledgeable MP as part of Maclean's magazine's sixth annual Parliamentarian of the Year Awards.

Stocking the shelves: Colleen McDonald adjusts one of the many items made by local artisans at the relaunched Queen's Park Healthcare Foundation's gift shop. The shop, located just inside the front door of the care centre at 315 McBride Blvd.

Medical staff at Royal Columbian Hospital got a special delivery of popcorn this week as part of the B.C. Transplant Societys annual Operation Popcorn campaign.

Through winter, flowers get battered down by winter storms and berries fall or are eaten by wildlife. But brightly coloured stems and contorted twigs resist anything nature hurls at them.

As you've gone about your holiday shopping intent on finding the perfect gifts for the special people in your life, have you been tempted to buy a few things just for yourself? Don't feel bad; most people do.

So many folks and animals are needy, And suffering in silence every day, That anything you give is more than welcomed; Whatever you can offer in your way.

Plenty to enjoy on local book shelves for the holidays

The City of New Westminster is working through a process to find a new city administrator.

Judith Guichon, lieutenant-governor of British Columbia, will help The Royal Westminster Regiment kick off 2013.