Local News

Local member of Parliament John Weston left for Taipei, Taiwan, May 18 to attend the inauguration of President Ma Ying-jeou. He will be joined by MP's Ron Cannon, Kelowna - Lake Country, Joe Daniel, Don Valley East, and C.S.

The BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) is proud to participate in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week from May 20 to 26. EMS Week is an opportunity for the public to recognize the contributions BCAS paramedics make in their communities.

Editor's note: This is part four of a five-part series between Coast Reporter and Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) featuring cycling programs and improvements by several organizations on the Coast.

An outstanding environmentalist was honoured with the John Hind-Smith Environmental Award during the May 15 Friends of the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) annual social at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

Prolific offender Trey Watters was sentenced May 9 to 120 days jail time after pleading guilty to numerous charges, including break and enter, mischief and possession of a controlled substance.

Elementary school counsellors are seeing more children with anxietyissues on the Coast, and between four and 4.5 per cent oflocal students are currently identified as having a "behaviour that interferes with learning.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) recently released its zero-waste guide for event planners. The guide details a number of strategies event planners of all types can consider before hosting people for a get-together.

Sechelt could be without its arena during the start of the next hockey season, according to the Sunshine Coast Regional District's (SCRD) recreation manager.

Sechelt council gave first and second reading May 16 to a proposed bylaw to allow wineries on parcels of land that span two hectares or more and are designated RR-1 or RR-2.

Sechelt council voted Wednesday night to once again give second and third reading to bylaw amendments that would allow Stockwell Enterprises to set up a concrete batch plant on their gravel extraction site in East Porpoise Bay.