Local News

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.

The restorative justice model of repairing harm has successfully been brought into schools through a pilot program and is expected to continue to expand as an alternative to suspensions.

Two ferry sailings were cancelled and one sailing delayed over an hour on the Horseshoe Bay - Langdale route Wednesday morning while B.C. Ferries engineers investigated a possible engine oil leak.

Both the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) and District of Sechelt heard concerns at committee meetings this week from property owners impacted by the Davis Bay flood last month.

Discussions were moving along this week over the design of the Gibsons ice-based community centre to get closer to breaking ground on construction.