Local News

Local artist, Maynard Halsey, is a rare individual. A combination of imagination, perseverance and talent, Halsey, who turns 80 on his next birthday, has turned a lifetime of memories into a stellar body of work.

From the toe-tapping opening Jig Set to the deeply moving signature piece, Highland Cathedral, the Coast String Fiddlers' (CSF) newest CD captures the fun and joy of the live performances that have delighted audiences from Nunavut to Mt. Vernon.

About 100 protesters gathered at the Sunshine Coast Regional District office in Sechelt Aug. 23 to protest mining and logging in the Chapman Creek watershed.

Egmont area residents met with Land and Water B.C. (LWBC) last week to discuss options for the formation of a park on Egmont Point. Peter Walters of LWBC met with around two dozen Egmont residents at the Egmont Community Club Hall on Aug. 21.

Barry Janyk, the mayor of Gibsons, has joined the race for the provincial NDP nomination in this riding. "We need a person who's willing to fight for this community. I'm a scrapper," said Janyk in a phone interview Aug.

School District 46 is demolishing an entire wall of Pender Harbour Secondary School after discovering it was riddled with mould. The wall above the swimming pool, facing the playing fields, is being torn apart and replaced.

Anything can happen at the Gibsons and District Public Library Children's Summer Reading Club: from finding a live chicken in the history section to discovering an energy chamber filled with mystic runes.

An unmanned B.C. Ferries truck crashed into a parked car with a small child, a woman and a wheelchair-bound man inside at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal this week.

A Tacoma Boy Scout troop is mourning the loss of one of its own after a tragic accident this week. Liam Von Berks, a 17-year-old from Washington State, fell to his death at Chatterbox Falls Aug. 17.

A road connecting Mahan Road and Hwy. 101 has become a hot button for people living in that Elphinstone area neighbourhood. On Thursday morning (Aug.