Local News

A Sechelt mother is hoping for the best as she makes her way to California where her son is trapped by a violent storm near the summit of Mount Shasta.

Richard Brotherston, the Sechelt man held in a Cuban prison without charge since December 2009, has seen the first progress made in his case in three months.

Tragedy ensued in the waters of Narrows Inlet Sunday afternoon when a female diver from Pender Harbour died in an apparent accident. Sunshine Coast RCMP became involved with the search of the missing diver around 1:45 p.m. on March 28.

B.C. Ferries is preparing for a busy Easter long weekend with over 50 extra sailings beginning on Thursday, April 1.

The union representing Sechelt municipal employees has applied to the Labour Relations Board for mediation to try to work out a renewed collective bargaining agreement with the District of Sechelt.

If you peer closely at Ana Gabriela Vega-Robertson's wedding photographs, you might notice that the cut and colour of her two bridesmaids' salmon-pink dresses don't quite match.

Gibsons residents and business owners can expect only minor tax and fee increases this year as the Town of Gibsons 2010 budget nears completion.

While a highway bypass may still be decades away, local governments are banding together to find more short-term, practical solutions to the Coast's transportation problems.

Sechelt man jailed without charge

Emergency preparedness on large passenger ferries operating in Canada needs improvement according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB).