Local News

Now in its 101st year, the Fair at the PNE is proof some things get better with age, as it gets set to offer free gate admission for all children 12 and under during the Fair's run from Saturday, Aug. 20 to Monday, Sept. 5.

You can expect to see mail in your mailbox starting Tuesday, after back-to-work legislation passed in the House of Commons over the weekend.

If you know someone who is a champion for multiculturalism on the Sunshine Coast then nominate them for a 2011 provincial Nesika Award.

Representatives from the Sunshine Coast Sea Cavalcade made a splash at the Town of Gibsons council meeting June 21.

The issue of leg-hold traps has caused a massive public outcry, but in order for the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) to implement a ban, the process is proving challenging.

Climate change may be a debatable topic for some, but Gibsons Mayor Barry Janyk is hoping his council will tackle the issue head on.

School District No. 46 is one step closer to implementing its Gibsons Neighbourhood Learning Centre (NLC) proposal, which was presented to the Ministry of Education recently.

The mayors of Sechelt and Gibsons got a taste of what it's like to be visually-impaired this week.

The June 14 school board meeting marked Deborah Palmer's last meeting as superintendent of schools, as she will be returning to teaching in the fall.

Save Halkett Bay, a group fighting to keep a destroyer from being sunk in the area, could essentially shut down the Artificial Reef Society of B.C. (ARSBC), according to ARSBC president Howard Robins.