Local News

John Reynolds, the incumbent MP for the riding of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast, was a clear front-runner as the federal election campaign began last week.

At least two people ended up in hospital last Saturday night (May 22) after a group of young men allegedly used hockey sticks to attack skateboarders staying at a private campground in Pender Harbour.

The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association is celebrating Oceans Day 2004 with two free informative workshops designed to address the state of the Strait of Georgia.

Film crews will take up residence in Gibsons starting July 16 to work on A Beachcombers Christmas, a made-for-TV movie to air in December 2004 on CBC television.

With a year to go before a provincial election, campaigning is already underway in the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding. B.C. Green Party leader Adriane Carr is first out of the gate.

A new round of funding cuts to the community living association has the executive director concerned about the future of the program. The organization, which has doubled in size in the past few years, will see 4.1 per cent slashed from its $1.

A 19-year-old man from Powell River died of severe head injuries after his car crashed in Halfmoon Bay last weekend. Marcus Haynes was driving alone, headed north on Hwy. 101.

Serendipity Preschool in Madeira Park is tucked away next to the Pender Harbour reading centre, Art Gallery and School of Music.It's a pleasant spot, next to the marina and across the street from the elementary school.

Canadian Moderns, an outstanding show and sale of abstract, semi-abstract and impressionist paintings by some of Canada's foremost artists of the past 50 years, opens at Westwind Gallery in Gibsons on Saturday, May 29, with a reception from 4 to 7 p.

Sechelt Legion members are gazing on a newly-landscaped courtyard this week after local businesses volunteered their time, materials and expertise last Saturday to beautify the area that had been neglected.