Local News

In this first issue of 2012, Coast Reporter invited our federal, provincial and local representatives to share their hopes and expectations for the New Year.

This week Sechelt council took the first step toward making good on new Mayor John Henderson's promise to have a world-class sewage treatment facility built within 18 months of being elected.

It's been years since a full executive sat at the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC), but School District No. 46 trustee Lori Pratt hopes that will change this year. "I'd say it's a matter of just revitalizing it," Pratt said.

Sechelt councillors are looking for more information on the proposed creation of an auditor general for local governments (AGLG), unconvinced the new position will be to their benefit.

Environment Canada issued a heavy rainfall warning for the Sunshine Coast at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 2. Heavy rainfall Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon with storm totals of 100 to 200 mm are expected.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Nov.

Students from Elphinstone Secondary School will be heading out for their fourth annual Food Drive Blitz next week to help out the Elves Club Food Drive. Students will be hitting the neighbourhoods all over Gibsons and Elphinstone on Wednesday, Dec.

Cancer patients in rural and remote areas of British Columbia seeking integrated care will soon have access to a virtual program, the first of its kind in North America.

Thomas Mulcair, the New Democrats first elected member of Parliament in Quebec, and now a front-runner in the federal leadership race will visit the Sunshine Coast on Dec. 7. The NDP will host Mulcair at a public reception from 7 to 9 p.m.

The Sunshine Coast Clean Air Society received a $25,000 grant from the wood stove exchange program to encourage residents to trade in their smoky old wood stoves for a high-efficiency model or other clean-burning appliance, Environment Minister Terry