Local News

The BC Conservative Party is holding a convention to elect a new leader on May 28. The convention will take place somewhere in the Fraser Valley or Lower Mainland at a soon to be determined location.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will be without its pencil-sharp number cruncher as it begins the arduous, three-month long process to establish this year's budget.

Wakefield Home Builders Inc. has signed on to be the construction project manager for the new visitor information park project in Gibsons.

Sechelt council will discuss the development of a cultural complex during its 2011 budget talks, following a motion that passed at its Dec. 15 meeting.

As the Sunshine Coast's bears are getting ready for a long winter's nap, the Bear Education and Resource (BEAR) group is working to see them wake up to a 2011 with less reason to come dining in populated areas.

The most recent BC Assessment shows homes on the Coast rising in value, with the exception of two-bedroom apartments, Sechelt's waterfront homes and houses in Pender Harbour, which dropped in value from the previous assessment.

The Sechelt fire department wants to help Coasters safely dispose of their Christmas trees this weekend, and raise a little money for a fire hall expansion. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan.

A Gibsons' man is facing charges in connection to a break-in at a Coast retail outlet. According to Sunshine Coast RCMP, Jesse Thomas White is currently in custody pending a second appearance in Sechelt provincial court next week.

The Gowers expected to meet their new baby girl at Christmas time, but she decided to make her debut as the first New Year's baby born on the Coast. Keeli Gower was born at 5:12 a.m. on Jan.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board members will be "under the gun" to keep taxes and services in check during the 2011 budget process, says board chair Garry Nohr.