Local News

A civic leadership program is being offered through Eldercollege at the Sunshine Coast campus of Capilano College this May and June.

The public threw their support behind a proposed 30-bed eating-disorder treatment centre in Davis Bay at a public hearing Wednesday night.

Bob Hoy, the new chair of the Gibsons Community Initiatives Association (GCIA) is big on the economic future of Gibsons, West Howe Sound and Elphinstone.

Quilts of every kind - from exuberant to serene, from whimsical kid themes to delicate florals - came together like magic on the March 15 weekend.

Problems with the sound system proved a major distraction to significant public input heard at Silverback's public hearing on Wednesday night. The speakers began to buzz, chirp and squeal within the first half hour of the hearing.

Friends and family are mourning the sudden loss of an extraordinary community-minded volunteer this week. After celebrating her 90th birthday last week, Maryanne West suffered a stroke on Monday and passed away quietly in the night.

Wakefield Home Builders is on a roll.

A confidence motion to keep Canadian soldiers in Kandahar until 2011 has passed easily in the House of Commons last Thursday. But not all members of parliament (MPs) voted in favour of the motion.

Last Saturday representatives from the Squamish Nation met at Eric Cardinall Hall with their Gibsons waterfront property tenants to talk about redevelopment of the area.

Capilano College's Eldercollege is expanding its course offerings to entice residents who live in the northern end of the Sunshine Coast.