Local News

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for May 4 to 11: Businesses are warned to be very clear who they are advertising with after a business in Sechelt signed a contract via the Internet with www.yellowpage_britishcolumbia.com.

Sechelt council is poised to pass a "stay the line" budget that would see residential and commercial municipal tax rates rise by 2.32 per cent for 2010.

Coast residents concerned about the plight of British Columbia's wild salmon marched from Lower Gibsons' Pioneer Park to Charman Creek Sunday, May 1, to show support for wild salmon-preservation campaigner Alexandra Morton's 'Get Out Migration' trip

Dramatic video footage highlighted the start of a trial in Vancouver Supreme Court Thursday, May 6 for Linda Lorraine Howe, the woman accused in the Christenson Village care home shooting.

Staff at the District of Sechelt, who are members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), have ratified their tentative collective agreement by 89 per cent.

A just-completed Kinnikinnick Park mountain bike trail, built by students in Capilano University's mountain bike operations program, is being met with both accolades and concern from other park users.

Travellers from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay had a crazy Tuesday of travel after the Queen of Surrey experienced engine problems. According to B.

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.