This Thursday, the Comox Town Residents’ Association will show two films at d’Esterre House Seniors’ Centre in Comox, beginning at 7 p.m.

Family Literacy Day takes place annually on Jan. 27, and across the country celebrations are held to encourage adults and children to read and learn together and to spend at least 15 minutes a day enjoying a learning activity as a family.

Comox Valley Mental Health and Addiction Services will offer a live interactive workshop next month on How to Improve your Self-Esteem.

Register for Ski for MS and you could find yourself skiing or snowboarding for free.

A female child in a Third World sweat shop, an abused woman, a young girl forced into prostitution, a teen girl denied schooling, a mother fighting to keep her children alive in a refugee camp, a rape victim, a woman suffering with breast cancer, a grandmother left alone …

Want to hold true to your new year’s resolution to take better care of yourself?

A team of 55-plus hockey players dug into their wallets and collected about $500 for a GreenLight laser at St. Joseph’s General Hospital.

Family Literacy Day is a national initiative that takes place every year on January 27 to encourage families to spend 15 minutes a day to read or practise a literacy activity together.

Family Literacy Day is a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 and held annually on January 27. This special day promotes the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. Developing early childhood reading and writing skills helps develop the learning skills necessary for good communication skills later in life, and can ultimately contribute to a child’s chances for future success.