Local News

The Sunshine Coast Regional District is monitoring two recent landslides off Redrooffs Road in Halfmoon Bay.

If you love to garden and want to know how to get loads of great gardening information from the Internet, the free program at the Gibsons Public Library is for you. On Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m.

A wide variety of talented artists played to an appreciative though sparse audience at the Raven's Cry Theatre Sunday afternoon during the Help the Kids Concert, meant to raise money to aid children affected by the tsunami and the orphans in Puebla,

The public is invited to a special free screening of Teaching Peace in a Time of War at the Heritage Playhouse Feb. 11 from 7 to 9:30 p.m., sponsored by the Social Justice Committee and the Sunshine Coast Teachers' Association.

The Rayners are happy to have their health and the help of their community this week as they continue clean up at their home on Ocean Beach Esplanade, which was hit by a mudslide during the recent heavy rains.

The recent meeting to discuss the province's invitation to the District of Sechelt to apply for a community forest licence brought up a multitude of questions for which officials have no answers yet.

The next meeting of the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society takes place on Friday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. The topic is Bald Eagles on a Dangerous Flight Path, featuring guest speaker Dawn Laing.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District has rejected three proposals from private companies for a new recycling contract. Instead, in a closed-door meeting Jan. 20, the SCRD board decided to continue running its recycling program in-house.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sunshine Coast, Whistler and Squamish has a new health plan in mind - one that involves not running.

Royal Canadian Legion Roberts Creek Branch #219 has been recognized for achieving the highest membership increase in 2004 of all Legion branches in British Columbia. Membership increased some 45 members in one year.