Local News

Transportation Choices - Sunshine Coast (TraC) is organizing a Spring bike lane cleaning day at two locations tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 21) The first location is at Halfmoon Bay Elementary School.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Feb. 11 to 18: On Feb. 11, a shoplifter was caught by staff at a business in the 5600 block of Cowrie Street in Sechelt, stealing an article of clothing.

The Islands Trust 2014 Community Stewardship Awards program is now open for nominations. This is your opportunity to nominate a special person, business or group that has made a big difference to life on your island.

Area member of Parliament John Weston will be seeking the Conservative nomination again in advance of the 2015 federal election.

The independent panel on Internet voting has published and submitted the recommendations report to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton introduced Bill 2, amendments to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, in the legislature last week, which will maintain the existing number of northern and rural electoral districts and ensur

Environmental scientists took to the waters last fall for the second year of a three-year initiative to map eelgrass in the Islands Trust area.

Since the launch of the draft "Community Plan in Progress" in May 2013, a wide range of community partners have gathered and are mobilizing to address the economic priorities identified by local women.

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The School District No. 46 (SD46) board adopted its 2013/14 annual budget at Tuesday's board meeting. Trustees gave three readings to the amended budget of $42,136,953 after receiving a report from secretary treasurer Nicholas Weswick.