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Spotlight on Special O: Registration for fall-winter season is Sept. 26

Spotlight on Special O: Registration for fall-winter season is Sept. 26

On your mark, get set…GOOOO SPECIAL O! The fall-winter 2024/25 season is once again upon us. On Sept. 26 at 4:30 p.m. athletes and volunteers will drop by SCACL offices on Mermaid Avenue in Sechelt to register for their fave sports.
Good Birding: First ever black phoebe spotted on the Coast

Good Birding: First ever black phoebe spotted on the Coast

Also, brown pelican spotted roaming in late August
Food security in the winter months: Beyond the Harvest Fall Fair is Sept 7

Food security in the winter months: Beyond the Harvest Fall Fair is Sept 7

Celebrate the summer harvest and check out how you can be food secure by growing at home, indoors and outdoors in the winter.
Gumboot Nation: Help maintain the Legacy Gardens

Gumboot Nation: Help maintain the Legacy Gardens

Also, a recipe for wild blueberry lemon and walnut conserve
Was that a bear trap in Sechelt last weekend?

Was that a bear trap in Sechelt last weekend?

Wildlife conservation efforts ramp up with 'dedicated wildlife attractant enforcement blitz'
Maurice Spira artworks reflect lived experience head-on: GPAG exhibition

Maurice Spira artworks reflect lived experience head-on: GPAG exhibition

The opening on Aug. 31 of an exhibition spanning four decades of portraiture by Maurice Spira, drew a crowd of familiar faces — and not only because so many of the admirers who packed the Gibsons Public Art Gallery are neighbours or friends of the Roberts Creek-based artist.  
Conservative leader outlines philosophy at stop in qathet region

Conservative leader outlines philosophy at stop in qathet region

John Rustad addresses provincial and local issues at town hall meeting
BC Ferries adds Thursday evening sailing from Langdale

BC Ferries adds Thursday evening sailing from Langdale

Those headed to the big city from the Sunshine Coast have one more option Thursday evening. BC Ferries has added a 6:40 p.m. sailing from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay, Sept. 5 to "assist with high traffic volumes.
Grizzly bear captured in Gibsons: BC conservation officers relocate bear

Grizzly bear captured in Gibsons: BC conservation officers relocate bear

Successful operation to relocate a 260-lb grizzly bear involved RCMP, public cooperation and timely information
Updated: Gibsons' grizzly bear relocated

Updated: Gibsons' grizzly bear relocated

Three Upper Gibsons schools on alert with Shelter-in-Place directives