Local News

Two retired nurses from Gibsons will bring aid to the orphans of Burma this November as they take their sixth trip to Southeast Asia to bring medical supplies, money and hope to orphaned children in the area.

A development concept for two 10-storey towers on Gibsons' waterfront was given a thumbs down by the majority at an open house held by Windridge Properties on Sept. 7.

Volunteers along the Coast will join a nation-wide program to clean up beaches this month. The planned cleanups will be at Bonniebrook, Roberts Creek, Sargeant Bay, Sechelt Inlet and Trail Bay.

Developers presented plans for a new residential development at the Wakefield Inn site to Sechelt council August 30. It will return to council for first reading on Sept. 7.

Christine Wood, Staff Writer At least a dozen families on Crucil and Hillcrest roads in Gibsons are dealing with the aftermath of a mudslide that hit their homes early Sunday morning. "It was a wall of water and mud coming down the road.

Drumming, Native songs and cheering family and friends welcomed eight Sechelt youth and five adult leaders at the end of a week-long kayak trip up the Sechelt Inlet.

There is an important public meeting regarding Mt. Elphinstone forest coming up on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Chatelech Secondary School theatre.

A Supreme Court of B.C. decision released last week has ordered the Association of B.C. Forest Professionals (ABCFP) to reconsider investigating a rejected complaint alleging harm to marbled murrelets on the Coast.

Laughter, love and longevity were the highlights of celebrations at St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church this past weekend.

The Halfmoon Bay Coast Guard Auxiliary's new search and rescue boat has finally arrived, after three years of community fundraising.