Local News

Incumbent mayor Barry Janyk is thrilled by the prospect of three more years leading Gibsons council. Janyk was returned to office in Saturday's civic election, besting current Coun. Angela Letman 642 to 521 in the race for the mayor's chair.

Traffic was re-routed on Hwy. 101 for about seven hours while police investigated the scene of an accident where 64-year-old Hayden Raymond (Ray) Jenkins of Roberts Creek was killed Saturday afternoon.

Over 700 people packed the Elphinstone Secondary School gym last Friday night to watch this year's Banff Mountain Film Festival. The crowd, ranging in age from toddlers to seniors, was entertained by a slate of eight films as diverse as the audience.

It is time once again for the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society's Lights of Life program. This year will be the 15th annual event. The familiar Christmas trees can be seen at the Sunnycrest Mall in Gibsons and at the Trail Bay Mall in Sechelt.

A visiting group of 10 Indo-nesians and 10 Canadians, who have become local celebrities through their community work with Canada World Youth (CWY), are leaving the Coast on Saturday to spend the second half of their program in Borneo, Indonesia.

On Saturday, Nov. 26, two teams will represent the Sunshine Coast at the third annual First Lego League tournament in North Vancouver.

A lively meeting of Garden Bay Waterworks District (GBWD) and Hotel Lake water users ended Tuesday night with a decision to postpone the vote on whether to merge the two water systems.

Sechelt councillors and Mayor Cam Reid are delighted to be back in office for another term, along with newcomer Keith Thirkell.

Four new members join the three returning school trustees on the local school board as a result of last Saturday's civic election. Topping the Sechelt poll was newcomer Silas White.

Alongside Gibsons Public Art Gallery's (GPAG) current Animals! Animals! exhibition of Sunshine Coast artists' paintings, photography, clay and carving is a series of lively painting classes for five to 10-year-olds.