Local News

BC150 Community Funding program grants are being awarded to community groups and organizations on the Sunshine Coast staging local BC150 celebrations.

Poor dog ownership may be partly to blame for a vicious attack by neighbours' dogs on an 11-year-old boy in Halfmoon Bay Feb. 12.

After months crunching the numbers, the School District No. 46 (SD46) board has approved its final budget for 2007/08. At the Feb. 12 board meeting, trustees passed the budget in the amount of $37,030,720.

A local rhododendron and the Himalayan blue poppy will be two likely denizens of a new botanical garden in Sechelt, if a recently announced $1.5 million fundraising drive meets with success.

Greg Amos/Staff Writer Just two weeks after council denied the four-storey, 109-unit Shoal Bay development in Lower Gibsons, proponent Grant Gillies has come back with a second application - and this time, the Town appears ready to take extra steps t

Our community is saddened by the news this week of the death of Norm Constantine of Gibsons. A proud veteran of the Second World War, Constantine remained a staunch supporter of the Royal Canadian Legion until his passing on Feb. 17.

Amanda Offers, Donna Thomas and Marlene Toth help people to help themselves by advocating for them and teaching them to advocate for themselves through the Sunshine Coast unemployment action centre.

Caravan World Rhythms and the Sunshine Coast Dance Society are teaming up to present Brazilian Carnaval, featuring Aché Brasil, on Saturday, Feb. 23. Caravan's dance plus performance and workshop series climaxes with Brazilian Carnaval.

The fourth session of B.C.'s 38th parliament kicked off on Tuesday with a throne speech heavy on green initiatives but lacking in substance, said Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons.

A former Sunshine Coast RCMP officer has been found not guilty of sex crimes. Gary Rudy Groenke, 48, was acquitted of all three charges in Supreme court in Victoria Friday, Feb. 8.