Local News

With the 2006 Winter Olympics just 17 months away, Sunshine Coast artist Gordon Halloran invites the community to participate in the second Ice Painting Challenge at the Sunshine Coast Arena on New Year's Eve.

Gibsons Mayor Barry Janyk plans to bow out of municipal politics after losing his bid to become the NDP candidate for this riding. Janyk placed fourth out of six candidates in the Oct.

The Sunshine Coast Bee Club is hoping everyone will pitch in to keep local bee populations healthy.

New Democratic Party (NDP) members in the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding have elected a candidate for the May 17, 2005 provincial election.

Residents at Greencourt, a condominium for retired and/or disabled people in Sechelt, are frightened and angry this week after a rash of vandalism and thefts hit close to home.

Located north of Ebbtide Avenue on Wharf Street, the Sechelt Marsh is a great place to take the family for a walk or to feed the birds. There are wooded trails circling the marsh pond and benches for quiet relaxation.

The Ruby Lake Lagoon Nature Reserve Society held a party to end all parties Sept. 25, raising $15,000 for the Iris Griffith Field Studies and Interpretive Centre.

The Town of Gibsons is taking developer Barrie Bolton to court for logging his property near Charman Creek. Bolton and his numbered company, 327593 B.C. Ltd., are facing eight charges of violating Gibsons' municipal bylaws.

One swift push into the dirt by local dignitaries signalled the start of construction for a new seniors' care facility in Gibsons this week.

Elphinstone Secondary School raised more than $6,000 for the Cops for Cancer group Sept. 17 with a fun head-shaving event.