Local News

On March 15, two Venturers from the Sunshine Coast were presented with their Queen's Venturer Award parchments at a ceremony at Government House in Victoria.

Premier Gordon Camp-bell paid a rare business-related visit to the Coast last week. Campbell, who has a home on the Coast, is often here relaxing and enjoying time away from political life.

Kate Henderson, an Elphinstone grad, returned this week to show Grade 10 and 11 students just how interesting science can be.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are still investigating a logging truck accident. On Wednesday around 4 p.m. police were called to the accident scene on Hwy. 101 by Ruby Lake. According to Cpl.

About 500 people came out to show their respects at Pte. Robert Costall's memorial on Thursday at the Christian Life Assembly (CLA) in Gibsons. Mourners filled the CLA gymnasium and the front lobby, spilling out onto the sidewalk.

On the evening of March 26, the Anglican Parish of St. Aidan and St. Bartholomew in Gibsons gathered to say goodbye to Rev. Gary and Joy Hamblin.

No sign of missing 80-year-old Sechelt woman Rhody Lake has ever been found. Her family is asking the community to help bring closure to the case.

The six-bed psychiatric ward at St. Mary's Hospital is still closed while interviews for new nurses at the unit are underway this week. "We need to fill three positions.

The fundraising drive for the new recreation facilities on the Coast got a major financial kickstart Monday. The Sunshine Coast Credit Union presented the Gibsons Area Community Centre Society (GACCS) with a cheque for $100,000.

The date for the decision in the Pender Harbour May Day assaults trial will be set on April 21 in Sechelt provincial court. The trial concluded last Friday (March 24).