Local News

A member of the Route 3 ferry advisory committee (FAC) is calling the April traffic figures for BC Ferries "a real disaster.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has agreed in principle to a draft communication protocol with B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS) - but directors want to take their concerns about watershed protection to the top of the provincial chain.

The executioner's axe is on hold for a number of Capilano University programs - but only for a month. CapU's board of governors voted Tuesday, May 14 to put a hold on approving the proposed 2013-14 budget, which is facing a $1.3-million shortfall.

Pundits and pollsters from both sides of the political spectrum were wiping the proverbial egg off their faces in the wake of last Tuesday's unexpected Liberal provincial election victory.

The new auditor general for local governments (AGLG) Basia Ruta will decide at the end of this month which municipalities to audit first and the District of Sechelt could be in her sights.

The first phase of the Progress Plan to increase economic wellbeing of women on the Coast is now complete and the community is invited to take action on Tuesday, May 28.

Sensing a lack of broad community consultation regarding the proposed Rogers Communications tower replacement at the Gibsons fire hall, Gibsons council has called for a town hall meeting to address community concerns before any decision is made.

Sechelt council scrapped the one-way Cowrie Street plan at their May 22 committee of the whole meeting after hearing the businesses they were trying to help clearly didn't want it.

Managing a world-class aquifer is going to take a lot of work.

Despite logging activity and plans for gravel mining in the area, McNab Creek is an appropriate site for an independent power plant, a spokesman for Box Canyon Hydro Corp. told Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors last week.