Local News

Elections BC is conducting an enumeration and updating the provincial voters list for the May 2013 provincial general election.

Legislation was introduced in B.C. Feb. 20 to create the Seniors' Advocate Act, which will help build a more accessible, transparent and accountable approach to seniors' care.

A Gibsons resident is reportedly one of three men charged in the 2011 gang slaying of Jonathan Bacon in Kelowna.

Next weekend firefighters from Sechelt, Gibsons and Roberts Creek will be donning their turnout gear to climb for a cause near to their hearts- - clean air.

Three area men were arrested and are being investigated by the Conservation Officer Service (COS) for suspected unlawful elk poaching.

Social and emotional learning is a new idea being talked about in the hallways of schools. Recently educators and community leaders gathered on the Coast to learn more about it.

A proposal to test the waters of Skookumchuck Narrows for tidal power generation has received a firm thumbs down from the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD).

Two more outstanding Coasters were honoured with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for their important community contributions this week.

Plans for a major residential development in Halfmoon Bay were given a public airing last weekend during a pre-application open house by 3L Developments Inc.

Sechelt Mayor John Hen-derson spoke with Coast Reporter this week to address some of the public concerns being raised about the new sewage treatment plant destined for downtown Sechelt on Ebbtide Street. The new state-of-the-art $22.