Community News in Brief Nov. 20
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Updated: November 19, 2009 9:10 AM
Night shopping helps out charity
Hillside Centre is expecting close to 20,000 customers to get a jump on holiday shopping in their Night Before Late Night Shopping event.
The annual fundraising event happens Sunday (Nov. 22), from 6-9:30 p.m. before late night shopping officially begins.
There will be magicians, elves, prizes, music, fashion shows, a chance to win a weekend getaway to Tigh Na Mara Resort in Parksville and a three-night trip for four to Disneyland.
Tickets are $5 with proceeds going to 55 local school groups and non-profits who will be selling them around town. Mall hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. starting Nov. 23.
Free Gorge history lesson
The Gorge waterway is an oasis for canoe and kayak paddlers and wildlife, but its history dates back thousands of years. Grant Keddie, historian and curator of archaeology at the Royal B.C. Museum, will lecture Nov. 26 on Gorge’s history, dating back to the ice age.
Sponsored by the Gorge Waterway Initiative, the free talk happens at Pearkes Recreation Centre, from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
