Local News

Hadani Ditmars, an international journalist based in Canada, will show videoclips of her journey andread from her bestseller, Dancing in the No Fly Zone: A Woman's Journey Through Iraq, at the Gibsons Public Library on Saturday, April 8, at 2 p.m.

A Langdale man who strangled and drowned his mother in a shower was acting under the psychotic belief that she was a Chinese spy sent to kill him, a B.C. Supreme Court Justice decided Thursday. Raymond Irwin, 34, was found not criminally responsible.

The Friends of Rockwood (FOR) are planning a fund-raiser to fix up the Rockwood heritage house and start saving to rebuild the annex building, which is slated to be demolished in July.

The B.C. Schizophrenia Society and the Provincial Educational Committee have developed a program, called Partnership Education, aimed at increasing the awareness of mental illness.

During the second airport information meeting March 29, a crowd of more than 60 people came to the Seaside Centre in Sechelt to have their say on an expansion of the Sechelt airport.

Tears fell and flags flew at half-mast on the Coast in honour of one of our own, 22-year-old Robert Costall, who died serving his country near Kandahar, Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Lawyers made their final submissions this week as the Pender Harbour May Day assaults trial drew to a close.Closing arguments continued into Thursday as Coast Reporter went to press.

The B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) is recommending its members accept a tentative agreement reached with the province.

The District of Sechelt has $1.7 million saved for a new sewer treatment plant. They are closely monitoring new developments to make sure the current system holds up until 2009 when approximately $18.

Gibsons' resident Maureen Partridge and her son have an important link. Both of them are walking because of the same surgeon, the mother because of hip replacement surgery last Nov.