Local News

The Sunshine Coast Regional District board has cut almost $800,000 from the budget for renovating and expanding its new office building on Field Road. On Sept. 2 the board approved a construction budget of $2.

That loveable little Yorkie that greets customers at the Second Look Boutique has come home a champion from the dog agility nationals in Montreal.

Sechelt native, Captain Scott MacDonald earned his military pilot wings Aug. 19 at a graduation ceremony held at 15 Wing in Moose Jaw, Sask.

Drew and Paul Johnson plan to ask that their trial be held separately from the trial of three other men charged with the same crimes.

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.