In the Community

The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) has launched a fundraising raffle offering a locally-made wooden row boat, hand-crafted by Nicol Warn, as first prize.

Charlie Rose is hoping to get a big investment from the Dragons when he shows up riding his bouncing drum set dubbed the Boingy Boingy, but he needs some help to get to the Dragons' Den taping in Toronto May 13.

Keith Wright will be remembered as a man of vision, a pioneer of the upper Gibsons business community, a philanthropist who gave to charitable organizations and a founder of recreational clubs in Gibsons and Roberts Creek.

I'd Play the Game for Free -seems an appropriate title for a documentary on Gibsons' Ryan Dempster produced by Coast TV to be aired next week.

Proach Models, an aerospace model making company in Sechelt, B.C. is once again join with the H. R.

After serving as a councillor for the Sechelt Indian Band for 15 years and as chief for six, Tom Paul is ready for retirement.

Last weekend, Roberts Creek native 18-year-old Madeleine Burlin lit up the stage starring in Shawnigan Lake School's musical production of Oliver.

There's something very mysterious about flamenco dancing. The songs are mournful, yet the dance with its elaborate costumes and graceful gestures seems joyful.

While statistics on the Coast show 32.6 per cent of students are entering Kindergarten vulnerable, early learning co-ordinator Kirsten Deasey says there are a plethora of programs available on the Coast to help lower that percentage.

The annual Roberts Creek community clean-up is fast approaching. Have you signed up yet? From April 17 to May 15, volunteers in Roberts Creek will be picking up litter.