Opinion

Minor hockey took centre stage Saturday night in Sechelt. Two Sunshine Coast Midget House squads squared off for the playoff banner in front of a packed, standing-room-only crowd. The game was fantastic - it was a great night to be at the rink.

One of the stated values of the Good Samaritan Society, the makers of Christenson Village, is a hospitable environment. The new facility in Gibsons achieves that objective in spades.

I'm jacked up for the 2010 Winter Games and it's still four years away. For the past two weeks, I've been glued to the TV and Internet enjoying coverage of the 2006 Games in Italy. Team Canada started off slowly and finished strong.

One of the most vivid childhood memories I have is of the late summer when I turned six. My Mom and Dad had been fighting for days. He had been drinking and what began as a loud shouting match escalated into a one-sided boxing match.

Our office was flooded with calls and emails this week after Sunshine Coast Transit suspended service on its route in Lower Gibsons.

They're back! A made-on-the-Sunshine-Coast fraud is back in the headlines this week. A little over a year ago, two businesses in Sechelt were scammed by people alleging to be Coun. Garry Feschuk of the Sechelt Indian Band.

I didn't know what to expect as I made my way into the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver last Thursday.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government are off to a flying start. Harper appointed his new cabinet Monday in Ottawa. Everyone knew it was coming, but what we didn't know was that Harper was in discussions with a B.C.

Today (Feb. 10) is the final day for residents in the Garden Bay Waterworks District (GBWWD) to postmark their ballots, voting for or against a merger with the Sunshine Coast Regional District's (SCRD) Hotel Lake system.

Bright, blue skies and glowing sunshine envelope our office Thursday morning as we pen this editorial. It's a far cry from what the month of January brought. Days and days of rain, high winds and storms pounded the Coast.