Local News

A broken-hearted man's carving, which honours a son's heroism and a mother's love, has at last come home to the shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation. For 84 years this precious treasure rested across the Salish Sea with the Vancouver Museum.

The way Halfmoon Bay develops or does not develop and basically all land use planning for the area is coming under the lens over the next two years with the Halfmoon Bay Official Community Plan (OCP) review.

With a sparkling new kitchen where prison cells once held lawbreakers, Sechelt's transformed former RCMP building is set to open Nov. 1 as the long-awaited Arrowhead Centre.

A Sechelt-hosted open house next week will provide information and seek public input into key local sewage management decisions. "Our whole system is running out of space," said Sechelt Coun.

RCMP have found what they believe to be the crash site where Gibsons missing woman May Milling's vehicle left the road and plunged into the North Thompson River.

Sechelt council lobbied for social justice issues, pursued legislation to deal with derelict boats, voiced concern about escalating RCMP costs, explored funding for the airport expansion and asked the province for time to come to a solution on Davis

The board of School District No. 46 (SD46) voted Tuesday night (Oct. 12) to raise annual board honorariums to $13,313 from $11,000 for trustees, $14,813 from $12,500 for vice-chair and $16,908 from $14,000 for the chair.

On Oct. 5, a large cougar was reported running through the loading zone of the B.C. Ferries terminal in Langdale. Staff was able to usher the unaggressive cougar out through a gate and off the property.

The youth charged with arson in the June 4 fire in Lower Gibsons will have his arraignment delayed for a fourth time while a probation officer and the Crown determine if the youth is a candidate for alternative justice measures.

Berth work underway at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal is raising concerns about on-time performance for Sunshine Coast passengers. The berth work, which began Tuesday (Oct. 12) and is scheduled to go until Dec.