Local News

Hwy. 101 near the Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club was closed for an estimated four hours Thursday afternoon after a head-on collision. Details were limited as Coast Reporter went to press, but according to Sunshine Coast RCMP Sgt.

Police and search and rescue volunteers were searching woods, trails, parks and beaches throughout West Sechelt on Thursday morning, March 10, looking for a woman who went missing the night before.

The land disposition issue between the Town of Gibsons and Habitat for Humanity looks to have come to a peaceful conclusion.

If your hand pruners, clippers or secateurs have dulled with use or neglect, get a handle on how to sharpen these garden workhorses in time for spring pruning. On Wednesday, March 9, at 7 p.m.

Each day seems to be going by faster than the last as I near my seventh month in Thailand, away from the familiarity of Canada and in a new country that has become a second home.

Taxpayers in Sechelt are looking at a 10 per cent increase in sewer user fees in 2005 and more possible increases each year for five years to pay for the maintenance and expansion needs of Sechelt's sewer system, which are projected to cost $18,741,3

Citizens from Halfmoon Bay to Port Mellon will vote June 25 in a recreation referendum. The Sunshine Coast Regional District decided on Feb. 24 to hold a regional referendum, excluding only residents of Pender Harbour, Egmont and the islands.

Stan Dixon was elected chief of the Sechelt Indian Band Feb. 26 by a margin of 29 votes. He said his priorities as chief will be to move forward on building a new gymnasium behind St.

As the District of Sechelt scrambled to meet a March 12 deadline to apply to the province for a community forest licence, regional politicians were alarmed to learn the Chapman and Gray Creek watersheds would likely be part of the tenure.

Eight Alternative School students learned to create and record their own music at home at this year's Sunshine Coast Alternative School Music Camp.