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Opinion: FASD and me, FASD Awareness Month

Opinion: FASD and me, FASD Awareness Month

Hi, my name is Micheal Oswald. I’m 42 and I live with the diagnosis known commonly as FASD, or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. I’m one of the four per cent of Canadians –– one of 1.5 million –– more than all those with autism, cerebral palsy, and down syndrome combined.
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Sechelt council endorses resolution rejecting residential school denialism, without mayor's support

Sechelt council endorses resolution rejecting residential school denialism, without mayor's support

Resolution comes as Sechelt is identified in a letter from Union of BC Indian Chiefs calling out residential school denialism and as it comes to light Mayor John Henderson had a book accused of residential school denialism in municipal hall earlier this year.
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Gibsons celebrates opening of first phase of Shaw Road affordable housing project

Gibsons celebrates opening of first phase of Shaw Road affordable housing project

As residents move into 40 newly completed rental homes in Gibsons, elected officials and invited dignitaries gathered Friday morning to celebrate the milestone and break ground for the next phase. 
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Art Beat: Fresh take on trail loops

Art Beat: Fresh take on trail loops

Musical artists Andrew Bate and Matthew Lovegrove performed an hour-long set of meditative melodies on Sept. 1 during an open-air concert in the Oxygen Trail Forest on the slopes of Mount Elphinstone.
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Arts festival plans estuary spectacle for fall equinox

Arts festival plans estuary spectacle for fall equinox

Stories of the Estuary is to coincide with autumn equinox, Sept. 21
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Advocates urge safer supply at International Overdose Awareness Day event

Advocates urge safer supply at International Overdose Awareness Day event

“Auntie,” “mother,” “survivor,” read some of the dozens of stickies affixed to the wall at Mission Point House, denoting qualities of people lost to toxic drugs.
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Ruth Rodgers writes about Blackfoot gender identity

Ruth Rodgers writes about Blackfoot gender identity

Cultures exposed, developed in new historical fiction
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Archaeology powers connection, reconciliation on Lasqueti Island

Archaeology powers connection, reconciliation on Lasqueti Island

Project uncovers evidence of Indigenous settlement; oldest site about 7,000 years old, according to archaeologist
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The last Second World War veteran on the lower Sunshine Coast, has died

The last Second World War veteran on the lower Sunshine Coast, has died

With the passing of each of the last Canadian Second World War veterans, so die their stories.
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Spotlight on Special O: Registration for fall-winter season is Sept. 26

Spotlight on Special O: Registration for fall-winter season is Sept. 26

On your mark, get set…GOOOO SPECIAL O! The fall-winter 2024/25 season is once again upon us. On Sept. 26 at 4:30 p.m. athletes and volunteers will drop by SCACL offices on Mermaid Avenue in Sechelt to register for their fave sports.
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