• This Saturday (Oct. 25), there’s a benefit concert and dinner for Cowichan Neighbourhood House and Cowichan United Way in Chemainus, featuring Lynnea Bruce, the Cowichan Swing Band, and Free Radical Dixies.
This all-ages event, which features music, a silent auction and a salmon, turkey or vegetarian dinner, starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Old Chemainus Fire Hall at 9796 Willow St., with the music starting at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $25 for the dinner and concert or $15 for the concert only.
Call 250-246-3202 or e-mail cnhaoffice@shaw.ca for more information.
• This week is Small Business Week, and Community Futures Central Island is celebrating the small- and medium-sized businesses it supports throughout B.C.
“Community Futures Central Island is supporting the local economy of Ladysmith by currently assisting three local businesses and injecting $116,000 of capital for the development of these small- to medium-sized enterprises,” Community Futures Central Island general manager Jolynn Green said in an e-mail. “Our goal is support local enterprises by supplying capital in the way of business loans, advice and support.”
To mark Small Business Week, Community Futures — which has offices in Nanaimo and Duncan — is offering advice for small business owners at www.communityfutures.ca.
• Have you started making your Christmas shopping lists yet?
You can start crossing items off your list Saturday, Nov. 2 during Mistletoe Merchants. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aggie Hall will be filled with vendors for your holiday shopping needs.
• It’s Golden Brush time again in Chemainus.
Forms for nominating businesses and individuals in Chemainus, Crofton and Saltair and on Thetis Island for these awards of excellence are now available online at www.chemainus.bc.ca.
Nominations are due Nov. 1, and the awards will be presented Nov. 29.
