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Jennifer Myra and her four young children will likely spend Christmas Day in the bachelor apartment they rent in a Gorge Road motel, with holiday cheer provided by donors to the sa国际传媒 Christmas Fund.

Here's what the Garth Homer Society's clients, people with developmental disabilities, have been up to lately: playing Santa for needy families, funding a Christmas party at Kiwanis House, buying booties for a lame horse and supplying disabled Africa

Pancakes and syrup with the Man in Red will go a long way to making Christmas sweeter this year for sa国际传媒 Christmas Fund recipients.

Every kid knows Santa brings the presents. But at Chateau Victoria, Santa and his Missus also bring out the pancakes. Today, at Chateau Victoria's Vista 18 restaurant, Mr. and Mrs.

There is little to spare in Kecia Larkin's household.

At least 60 'tubadores' to converge on Market Square for fundraiser

The signs are definitely out there. More and more in our community are facing a bleak Christmas this year.

More than a year ago, Roland LaPlant had to quit his truck driving job for medical reasons. "I was sick all winter and springtime," he says, but now he's feeling better and has moved from Parksville to the West Shore looking for work.

Food, clothes and toys are filling Christmas hampers at area schools.

Victoria sculptor Fredwin Perry and Babak's Oriental Carpets join forces in aid of the sa国际传媒 Christmas Fund at an East Meets West event Dec. 5 and 6.