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Teens learn marine skills

They begged their power squadron leader to set off the flare gun, but were educated about the fines for signalling a false emergency instead.

Gibsons election challenge resumes today

A legal challenge to the Gibsons municipal election results has opened in Vancouver Supreme Court.

Grief shared at oceanside ceremony

New Year's Day was experienced in various ways on the Coast including a ceremony for people to remember those they have lost on the journey of life.

Cuts planned at aquatic centre

Parents planning to exercise at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre will have to come up with their own child minding plan.

RCMP nab stolen U.S. Navy boats

Two boats stolen from the United States Navy have been recovered in Sechelt. The boats were recovered after a joint investigation by the U.S. Navy Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) and local RCMP into a multi-million dollar heist of U.S.

Lively crowd opposes power project

A public meeting organized at the Roberts Creek Hall Tuesday night drew a vocal crowd that mostly opposed a proposed run-of-river power project in the Tzoonie River watershed.

Wheeler presents talk on food security

What do you do when you can't get to the local grocery store to purchase basic food supplies? The recent unusual Sunshine Coast weather probably had many of us taking inventory of kitchen shelves and pantries to see how soon the cupboards would be ba

Get in touch with the universe

International Year of Astronomy 2009 kicks off tomorrow (Saturday) at the Sechelt Public Library when The Royal Astronomical Society - Sunshine Coast Centre (RASC) hosts a special astronomy festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Winter road woes a call for change

Now that the rains have returned, snow is melting and people are getting back to their daily routines, an assessment on how to better handle future winter storms has begun.

Ambitious plans for '09

The Hillside Develop-ment Group (HIDEGRO) has ambitious plans for 2009 to try to strengthen the Hillside Industrial Park in Port Mellon.