Local News

Discussions were moving along this week over the design of the Gibsons ice-based community centre to get closer to breaking ground on construction.

The provincial finance minister announced the 2006 budget on Tuesday. Powell River - Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons said he is pleased with its focus on children and families.

A group of six youth and two adults is fundraising for a trip to Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, Mexico March 9 to 21.

Christians around the world will be focusing on the country of South Africa during the annual World Day of Prayer service. On the Sunshine Coast, residents are invited to join in the worldwide event by attending a service at 1 p.m.

The B.C. Lung Asso-ciation's fifth annual Climb the Wall: The Stairclimb for Clean Air on Feb. 19 was the largest in the event's history.

Garden Bay Waterworks District (GBWD) customers have voted 58 per cent in favour of merging systems with the Sunshine Coast Regional District's (SCRD) Hotel Lake system.

Sunshine Coast RCMP and search and rescue crews had a happy ending to a search Tuesday morning. According to Cpl. Lisa Fossum, police received a call just after 7 p.m.

Geology of the Sunshine Coast will be the topic of the next meeting of the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society, with John Newell as guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. on March 3 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre.

On Feb. 12, cadets from 858 Skookumchuck Squadron travelled to the Lower Main-land to participate in the Canadian cadet movement marksmanship series stage two zone competition. Winners of the eight zones in B.C.

The public can give its input into the Gibsons ice-based community centre design at an open house Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Gibsons council chambers, project co-ordinator Brian Storrier told Coast Reporter this week.