Local News

The lack of a permanent sitting judge at Sechelt Provincial Court, now into its fifth month, means criminal trials are being scheduled almost a year into the future, and there is worry that some cases will have to be dropped.

Renewable Power Corporation has halted its Tyson Creek power project after sediment slid into Tyson Lake in February, causing turbid (sediment-laden) water to be piped into Tyson Creek, the Tzoonie River and Narrows Inlet.

Pender Harbour's young adults and business community gathered last Thursday (April 22) for an event geared at encouraging young Pender Harbourites' entrepreneurial ventures as a way to keep them on the Coast after high school graduation.

Gary Rudi Groenke, the former Sunshine Coast RCMP officer facing charges related to alleged sexual assaults in the 1980s, has had his preliminary hearing and will stand trial.

Two non-profit groups, who have both applied to operate their programs out of Harmony Hall, have been asked to mediate their dispute in order to get a lease extension from the Town of Gibsons.

How prepared are you for an emergency or natural disaster like an earthquake or wildfire? Chances are: not very.

As a proposed project to sink the 115-metre HMCS Annapolis off Gambier Island inches towards the regulators' verdict, government authorities are considering whether the project will cause any net loss to the productive capacity of the fish habitat at

The Integrated Road Safety Unit (IRSU) was on the Sunshine Coast this week enforcing the Motor Vehicle Act. IRSU is comprised of RCMP and various municipal police departments from the Lower Mainland District.

Many local governments that have received economic stimulus funds hope the federal government will reconsider the project completion date, according to the chair of Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET).

Two Sechelt entrepreneurs are about to enter the Dragons' Den with a bowl of cereal and a lot of dreams.