Local News

We who live in paradise don't really get to see the face of child poverty in our community unless we volunteer at the food bank, work in a social assistance office, or cook breakfast for kids in one of our schools.

A location has been selected for the $12.2 million Gibsons Elementary School rebuild- - the north field where the upper playground now sits. The location was announced by School District No.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is shifting tactics to raise extra funds for bicycle and walking paths along Marine Drive between Langdale and Gibsons.

Langdale's Leonora Gregory-Collura, creator of Naturally Autistic ANCA, will receive a B.C. Community Achievement Award next week for her work to give autism a voice in British Columbia.

Gibsons council has approved the appointment of a committee of eight individuals to make recommendations for the development of the Armours Beach site plan.

Shaun Stephens-Whale of Roberts Creek tore up the stairs of the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver last Sunday with the fastest time in the annual BC Lung Association's Climb the Wall: the Stairclimb for Clean Air.

A group has formed in opposition of Sechelt's newly announced $22.4 million wastewater treatment facility - a project waiting on final signatures from the District and the consortium hired to build it before they proceed.

B.C. Ferries is going full steam ahead with a planned 4.1 per cent fare hike for all routes on April 1.

Gibsons Recycling Depot was honoured last week as one of the winners of the Successful You Awards Contest, hosted by Small Business BC.

The Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) came under scrutiny last week after local government officials learned that spacing work had taken place in the Chapman Creek watershed.