Local News

Got a song? Got a rant? Maybe you've written a poem or a short piece of writing that you think is downright brilliant and you've been dying to share with others.

On March 17 at 7 p.m., Anne Miles of Gibsons is scheduled to read her poem, "Under a Swarm of Stars," the winning entry of the Cecelia Lamont Literary Contest, at the White Rock Library.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are investigating another armed robbery, the third on the Coast in the past two and a half months. On Monday, just after 8 p.m., a lone male entered the Family Mart convenience store located at 5530 Wharf Avenue in Sechelt.

Government bureaucrats have bungled your paperwork - what's new about that? But it gathers a new spin when the government handouts actually occur in your favour.

Ray Irwin, the 33-year-old Langdale man who is charged with the second-degree murder of his mother, appeared calm and rational during a brief court hearing in Sechelt Provincial Court March 9.

The cost estimate for renovations to the new Sunshine Coast Regional District office has ballooned to $2.4 million. The SCRD board is holding a special meeting with its architect at 12:30 p.m. March 11 to consider the options for trimming that cost.

The Sechelt Indian Band is planning a referendum of band members to decide how to pursue its long-standing land claim. The band is considering following the Haida example by going to court.

The Pender Harbour April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge is back for another year.

The Save Our Ferries Advocacy Group was at Cedars Inn in Gibsons on Tuesday night seeking input and participation from the approximately 100 local residents who showed up to express their concerns about the operation of B.C. Ferry Services.

The conservation office is seeking the public's assistance to help solve two recent cases of elk poaching on the Sunshine Coast.