The Coast Clarion

Coast housing crunch drives battered women back into abusive relationships

Yew Transition House : “Women realize it is impossible to rent a safe place with the $375 welfare shelter allowance”

Public information meeting at Legion urges council to act fast on rezoning amendment; new shelter possibly open on December 21

Non-profit found horrifying housing conditions when checking 31 applications for affordable homes in Wilson Creek this year; four applicants chosen

Shelter hopes to move to The Upper Deck on Wharf St. by end of December; RainCity looking for more staff

Public can send comments about proposed mine on the shores of Howe Sound to Environmental Assessment Office until November 27

The next Lift event is Friday, Nov. 17, 12:15 to 1:15 pm, at the Arts Building at 464 S Fletcher

Gibsons resident sees great cost and environmental benefits in conversion of all diesel trains in British Columbia to electric ones

Councillors Silas White and Stafford Lumley are reluctant to give up land for three duplexes but offer no clear alternative

Flashing beacon crosswalk, four-way stop at Pratt and Chaster, pathways for pedestrians and cyclists, and bus access to development proposed

Sunshine Coast Regional District is looking at using water from the Gibsons aquifer to supplement water supply from Chapman Creek