Community

Plan to take part in the 12th annual Seedy Saturday this weekend, from 10 to 3 p.m. at the Florence Filberg Centre in downtown Courtenay

As a bold environmentalist and Taoist scholar, Ray Grigg will bring insights from these two aspects of his life to suggest a way we might live in the midst of our world’s disorder and distress when he addresses the regular Unitarian service this Sunday at 4 p.m.

The Comox Valley Citizen Voice is holding its first open house this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Florence Filberg Centre.

Here in the Comox Valley, four organizations are partnering to host an International Women's Day celebration March 8. The evening will start with a community potluck at 5:30 p.m. at the K’ómoks First Nation Band Hall, 3320 Comox Rd. Three short films will be shown, starting at 7 p.m.

Every Friday, we feature Valley history taken from our back issues.

Naturopathic physician Dr. Deidre Macdonald is hosting an information seminar on Low-Level Laser Therapy Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Crown Isle Resort.

For the second consecutive year, North Island College culinary arts student Sharann Foote brought home a gold medal from the BC Junior Hot Competition in Vancouver recently.

Attend a World Day of Prayer service and learn more about Chile and its unique culture and heritage Friday at 2 p.m. St. George’s United Church in Courtenay at 2 p.m. and at 1:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Comox.

A documentary film about home and community care in B.C. will be shown this Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay.

Local artist Judi Pedder has been knitting blankets for Project Linus, a charity that provides comfort to children in the hospital or in other traumatizing situations, for many years, and she is hoping to spread the word and attract more blanketeers.