Local News

The ice has melted.

"This is BC Almanac broadcasting live on 690 CBC Radio One. We've snuck up the Coast to beautiful Sechelt." With that, host Mark Forsythe was up and running with his eclectic show from the Seaside Centre.

Rob Scattergood, a graduate of Chatelech Secondary School in 1999 and Van-couver Film School in 2001, is moving on to bigger and better things.

A provincial court trial judge dismissed a defence application this week which argued the 2004 Pender Harbour May Day assault trial delay violated two of the accused's Charter right to be tried within a reasonable time.

The Sunshine Coast is one of 70 communities receiving grant money this week to help target domestic violence. Sunshine Coast Community Services Society is receiving $10,000 to address the needs of older women on the Sunshine Coast.

The Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) in a partnership with Regional Power Inc. has been honoured with a Blue Planet Prize from UNESCO for the green hydropower project on the Sechelt Creek.

Cascadia Forest Products' forest stewardship plan, currently before the public for review, includes area within the Chapman Creek watershed - Sechelt's drinking water supply.

The Gibsons Legion hall was alive on Sunday evening, full of Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers along with their parents and leaders, for a banquet celebrating Scout and Guide week. Feb.

The Sechelt Indian Band is expanding its value-added mill both in size and in products.

It was a special night on Feb. 25 for the local 2963 Seaforth Army Cadet Corps. The cadets were honoured with a visit from Army Cadet League of Canada, B.C. branch executive director Maj. (ret.) Roger Prouse and wife Louise.