Local News

RCMP in B.C. and Alberta continue to search for May Milling, an 81-year-old Gibsons woman who went missing Sept. 2 on a car trip from Jasper, Alta. to Kamloops. According to police, she departed from Jasper in the morning hours of Sept.

Sunshine Coast veterans and community members raised concerns about benefits for veterans and their widowed spouses, Lost Canadians, and the survival of local Legions at a town hall meeting hosted by member of Parliament (MP) John Weston Friday, Sept

The trial of Linda Lorraine Howe, the woman accused in the March 2009 shooting at Christenson Village, has wrapped in Vancouver Supreme Court, and Howe will now wait until late October to learn her fate.

The fight for citizenship for Lost Canadians is getting political again as the Liberal candidate for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country is joining in the fight with Gibsons resident Don Chapman.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are warning consumers that the elderly continue to be the target of deceptive door-to-door sales people. Last month, an elderly female notified RCMP that she'd been defrauded of $17,000.

The trial of Linda Lorraine Howe, the woman charged with attempted murder in the March 2009 shooting at Christenson Village in Gibsons, has wrapped in Vancouver Supreme Court and Howe will now wait until late October to learn her fate.

On the afternoon of Sept. 4, Sunshine Coast RCMP received a report of possible shots fired near the Mason mine site. Police attended and located a vehicle with three male occupants.

The Town of Gibsons will go ahead with its usual permissive tax exemptions this year; however, two groups have not received the tax relief they asked for.

The Ministry of Housing and Social Development has announced that Sunshine Coast groups will receive $175,700 in gaming grants targeting youth and disabled sports programs, plus $630 for arts and culture grants for the 2010/11 year.

The Town of Gibsons is pushing ahead with plans for the construction of a new RCMP station at a much lower cost than previously expected. Chief administrative officer Paul Gipps informed council Tuesday night (Sept.