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Celebrate The Crisp’s 5th anniversary on October 3–4 at Pender Island Community Hall. This vibrant fall festival features music, art, storytelling, workshops, and apple-themed fun, all focused on sustainability and community connection. This year’s lineup includes Rose Cousins and The Boom Booms. 
Kim Pollard Fine Art Studio and Gallery is holding a second anniversary sale on October 3 & 4 from 11AM to 4PM. Save on selected works by a variety of local artists.
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October 5-11 is Fire Safety Week. Join Pender Islands Fire Rescue at Fire Hall #1 on October 11 from 10AM to 2PM for our annual open house and world-famous pancake breakfast. You can bring your fire extinguisher in for its yearly visual inspection and let us address any fire safety questions you have. Free. |
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Join the Conservancy for a hands-on seaweed learning experience with Amanda Swinimer on Saturday, October 4 from 9:30 at the beach at Port Browning.
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On Saturday, October 4 at 10:00 AM, join Herbalist Geneva Jacobs and Farmer Matilda te Hennepe at Raven Rock Farm on Pender Island for a 5-hour hands-on herb workshop. Focused on medicinal roots, participants will harvest, process, and create a take-home tincture while learning about traditional herbal practices. For more information, see here: https://www.ravenrockfarm.com/activities.
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Enjoy an immersive short film that takes us deep into underwater ecosystems. Then, bring your questions to marine conservation experts discussing real, actionable ways to protect waters around Pender Island. RSVP on the Conservancy website. Free admission and popcorn. Sunday, October 5 at 4PM at the Community hall. |
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On Thanksgiving weekend, the Pender Islands Food Bank is hosting its second annual Food and Funds Drive. Join us on Saturday, October 11 from 10AM to 2PM at the Driftwood Centre for some great music by the Scanlan Brothers with a donation of food or funds.
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Meet the author Wandy Gray at Talisman Books on Oct 11 at 2PM for a book signing for Broken Butterfly: A True Local Cautionary Tale. Broken Butterfly is the heart wrenching true story of Erin Gray, who was lured, held hostage by, and eventually escaped from a serial predator. A portion of all proceeds go to support Moms Stop the Harm. |
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Join celebrated Canadian author Terry Fallis in the library on October 12 at 1PM. Terry will read from his latest novel, The Marionette. Terry's 10th novel introduces readers to a new hero, James Norval, a world-famous thriller writer whose life takes an unexpected turn from the pages of his novels into the perilous world of espionage. |
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Province-wide earthquake drill at 10:16AM on October 16. Drop, Cover & Hold On! Visit www.shakeoutbc.ca for details. |
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Join the Pender Islands Health Care Society on Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 2pm for a public information meeting on rural healthcare funding challenges in BC. Learn the latest updates, ask questions, and find out how you can support this vital work—coffee and cookies provided. |
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Blessing of the Animals service at St. Peter's Anglican Church on October 19 at 10am. 4703 Canal Rd, rain or shine. All animals welcome. Please bring your animals in carriers or on leashes. |
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Join historian Simone Marler for Healers & Carers: a Walk through the Medical History at the Pender Cemetary on Monday, October 20 at 10:30AM. Suggested donation $10. |
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Calling pumpkin carvers of all ages! Pick up your free pumpkin starting October 23 at Hope Bay or the Dockside Realty office at Driftwood Centre. Create your masterpiece. Write your name, phone number and age group (under 12 or 12+) on the back in waterproof ink. Deliver your Jack O'Lantern to Hope Bay by October 28. Prizes will be awarded for the Scariest and Most Creative in each age group, as well as a grand prize People's Choice Award. Come to Hope Bay Hollow after October 28 to view the Jack O'Lanterns and vote for your favourite. Enjoy the Hope Bay merchants while you're here! |
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2025 Speakers Series: October 24 at 7pm at the Community Hall. Wildife-Transmitted Disease: The Pathogen & The Vector with Dr. Helen Schwantje, the former wildlife veterinarian for British Columbia. Topics covered will include potential for zoonoses and other public health issues in areas of high human contact with deer and their parasites/pathogens, such as Lyme Disease, and health implications for wildlife of high population density. Brought to you by the Pender Islands Health Care Society and the Pender Islands Conservancy. |
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P.I.N.K. Halloween dance and fundraiser on October 25, 2025 at 7PM at the Community Hall. Things to raise: The Dead. Funds for Pender Radio. |
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Solstice Theatre presents the 2025 Pantomime "Alice in Wonderland" by Ben Crocker on November 27, 28, 29 at 7PM and November 30 at 2PM. With a cash of thousands - lots of kids, a love story, wrong rabbits, chases and right rabbits. Tickets available at Talisman Books or on Ticket Tailer.
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Dress up! Cash prize for best costumes. Get a free drink for singing a Hallowe'en song. 7pm til late. New Moon Lodge is sponsoring a Hallowe'en Colouring Contest. Find entries and contest details in the October Pender Post. Enter by Oct 31 at noon. Prizes! Dinner and Hallowe'en Karaoke Night @ The Legion on October 31. Dinner at 5PM. Karaoke starts at 7PM and runs until 11PM. 1344 MacKinnon Road, Pender Island. Wear your favourite costume! By donation to the Food Bank (cash or canned food). Prizes, treats, tricks, 19+ only. Join DJ Marc for the Halloween Howl Family Dance at the Community Hall on Friday, October 31 from 6:30PM to 8:10PM. Head out for a bonfire and grab a hot dog from the Fire Hall then back to the dance. The film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice follows. |
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