April 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
RenfrewCollingwoodCommunityNews.com
Skytrain Rambler: Stop at Sperling-Burnaby Lake to see baby ducks and geese More reasons to Skytrain by Julie Cheng I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I love the Skytrain. With two lines (Expo and Millennium) running through it, Renfrew-Collingwood has more Skytrain stops than any other community. The Skytrain can take you downtown and on to the North Shore by Seabus, east to Burnaby or Surrey, and south to Richmond. The Skytrain saved me years ago when I was feeling isolated at home and searching for places to go with my two preschool kids. I’d pack them in the stroller and take the Skytrain to the family drop-in at Collingwood Neighbourhood House, the storytimes at the Central Branch library and onto the Seabus for a walk along the North Vancouver seawall. Today the Skytrain gives my teenage kids freedom to move around the Lower Mainland. Sadly for me but happily for them, Skytrain takes them to the shops and Red Robins on Robson Street or at Metrotown. April is the perfect time to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. Hop on and take a Skytrain ride to a lovely spot in Burnaby that is linked by nature to Renfrew-Collingwood. You’ll see baby ducks and geese and more! Skytrain stop: Sperling-Burnaby Lake Zone 2 on the Millenium Line; about 10 minutes from Renfrew or Rupert Station OR 30 minutes from Nanaimo, 29th Avenue or Collingwood-Joyce Station. The longer route takes you past the beautiful waterfront of Sapperton in New Westminster.
A spring-time ride to the Sperling-Burnaby Lake Skytrain station takes you to the delightful baby geese that make their home at Burnaby Lake. Photos by Julie Cheng and s and culture in Renfrew Collingwood Bryden Fergusson
From the Sperling-Burnaby Lake station, it’s an easy 10-minute walk to Burnaby Lake and its lovely calm waters that are fed by Still Creek. This is the same creek that flows through our neighbourhood’s Renfrew Ravine. Continued on page 8
Creating places for arts and culture in Renfrew Collingwood
Do you live in Renfrew-Collingwood? Do you know artists living, working or connected here? Wish there were more places for arts and
Places, Spaces and Faces culture? Page 3
If so, we need your help. To create places for making, sharing and showing arts and culture in RenfrewCollingwood, we first need a plan. Let us create
Your letters Page 5
Q&A with local author Don McLellan Page 9
Forever Young showcase Page 13