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B.C. scientist wants you to send him slapped mosquitoes in the mail

B.C. scientist wants you to send him slapped mosquitoes in the mail

As climate change expands the northward range of many species, a new citizen science project is calling on B.C. and Yukon residents to send in slapped mosquitoes so researchers can track them and the diseases they may carry.
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Coast Special Olympics athletes headed to Canada Summer Games

Coast Special Olympics athletes headed to Canada Summer Games

Hailey Borowski and Genny Verge are headed to Niagra Falls in August
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They shoot and it’s deflected to staff : Waiting for SCRD answers on junior hockey team bid

They shoot and it’s deflected to staff : Waiting for SCRD answers on junior hockey team bid

Coast’s Junior Hockey Society representatives pitched their pitch to bring a PJHL team to Gibsons at the SCRD committee of the whole meeting, held on June 9.
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Steve Wright and Spade Hoile tackle tough truths through hard rock album

Steve Wright and Spade Hoile tackle tough truths through hard rock album

Spade Hoile started as Steve Wright's music student as a nine-year-old but the better part of a decade later, the two have formed a rock duo and they released an album June 1: 'Title the document'
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Letters: Suggestions for those running with dogs

Letters: Suggestions for those running with dogs

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Chatelech rides to gold at mountain bike provincials

Chatelech rides to gold at mountain bike provincials

Grade 10 student August Denham awarded King of the Mountain
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Letter: In praise of lifesaving paramedics on the Coast

Letter: In praise of lifesaving paramedics on the Coast

'In the early hours of May 25, my husband suffered a nearly fatal heart attack. Waking up at 12:30 a.m. with severe chest pain, or as my husband described it, “a brick in my chest” he sensed that this was a critical situation.'
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Letter: The George’s development permit has lapsed – now we have an opportunity

Letter: The George’s development permit has lapsed – now we have an opportunity

'We at GWDA are not opposed to a hotel and condominium project on the waterfront but we object to this proposal because it allows a height over three times our Official Community Plan (OCP), the loss of a public roadway, undue threats to our aquifer and the destruction of numerous trees in Winegarden Park.'
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Coast Salish artwork invites conversation across cultures at Gibsons gallery

Coast Salish artwork invites conversation across cultures at Gibsons gallery

'I come from a family of artists, I live by these laws. But I didn’t know the beauty and the normative value of having your laws all around you all the time, constantly being reinforced.' Artist and retired lawyer Shain Níniw-ém Salepem Jackson's show Unity Within Diversity continues at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery until July 3.
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How Lyn and Bill Charlton rose to the pandemic’s challenge

How Lyn and Bill Charlton rose to the pandemic’s challenge

Rotary honours just a few of the Charltons’ many contributions to Pender Harbour
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