Local News

A family in Gibsons thought they were prepared for the possibility of a house fire but found out they weren't as prepared as they thought last Saturday.

The Friends of the Sechelt Public Library hosted a special Coffeehouse on June 9 to celebrate and congratulate the winners of the 2004 Writing Contest.

Tuition costs, gay marriage and space weapons were all on the agenda June 11 when candidates for four parties met with students at Chatelech Secondary School in Sechelt. The Chatelech Peace Group organized the all-candidates' meeting.

The Sunshine Coast Community Coalition played host to five of the six candidates in the upcoming federal election at a public forum in Gibsons Wednesday night.

Sechelt boat builder Larry Westlake has long been fascinated with the traditional West Coast rowboat design known as a handliner: a sleek, double-ended boat which is fast, seaworthy and beautiful.

Students at Chatelech Secondary School raised more than $2,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society and donated more than 126 inches of hair that will be made into wigs for chemotherapy patients during their Hair For Cancer campaign that wrapped up June 4

Health officials have declared an East Porpoise Bay home unfit for human habitation after the landlord discovered what appeared to be an illegal methamphetamine laboratory on June 5 and informed police.

Parents and teens alike turned out in force for the annual Fine Arts night at Elphinstone Secondary School in Gibsons on June 3.

Sechelt will host a team of 20 young people from Canada and China on a Canada World Youth (CWY) exchange program from August to December.

After a decade of planning, the Sunshine Coast's new, $7 million water treatment plant on Chapman Creek officially opened June 4.