Roberts Creek News

A story about a six-year-old native boy who leaves home with his sister to enter a residential school has won the $25,000 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.

Boathouse in the Moonlight, 2003. Chromogenic print, 180 x 231 cm. , from 2003, comes from a series of photos inspired by a friend's family cabin in Roberts Creek, B.C. 2. Stables on Dr.

Arrowhead presents a hip hop fundraiser tonight at Roberts Creek Hall at 8:30 p.m. featuring The Ground Breakers from Vancouver who perform the Boom Bap sound.

Sechelt council has adopted a bylaw which halves the Girl Guides of Canada Camp Olave's permissive tax exemption to $128,500, while maintaining full exemptions for the remaining churches, community and charitable groups in the District.

If you're looking for a good time and one helluva lively Thanksgiving celebration, you need to be at Roberts Creek Hall on Saturday, Oct.

Mike Allegretti and Elaine Futterman open their pottery show at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery.

Autumn is a time of change and a time to reconnect with Mother Earth. It is a time of thanksgiving and a time to celebrate the harvest and all the incredible gifts our forest bestows.

Randy Helten believes if enough people in the West End start growing edible plants, the neighbourhood could become a model of food security for other urban centres around the world.

Who knows great books for kids better than the Canadian Children's Book Centre? This year, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to support and encourage the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for children and teens has published list of finalists for a number of annual awards.

Decorated salmon are already appearing at local galleries in Gibsons in readiness for the Gibsons Landing Business Association's Salmon Festival on Sept.

A small cottage in Roberts Creek is the setting for Gillian Kydd's novel, Secrets of the Creek.

Terry Fox runs will be held in Roberts Creek and Gibsons on Sunday, Sept. 13. Jenny Wagler/Staff Writer posted: September 4, 2009 Sechelt The 28th annual Terry Fox Run, which raises money for cancer research, will take place Sunday, Sept.

CBC's Sheryl MacKay, left, interviews novice writers Lily Hoy Price and Roberts Creek author Rebecca Hendry during the Sunday, Aug.

Engrossed in the soundscape, artists Steve Wright, Giorgio Magnanensi and Heather Gatz will grope for points of contact in a new show at the Arts Centre opening Sept.

Conservation officer Dean Miller with a dead cougar, suspected of killing 10 farm animals in Roberts Creek.

Creek Daze takes place in Roberts Creek on Saturday with the Higgledy Piggledy parade starting at 11 a.m., music and activities at the pier all day and a dance at night with the band Workshop.

Conservation officer Dean Miller with a dead cougar, suspected of killing 10 farm animals in Roberts Creek.

Yelaina May, 18, riding her horse Hez Talk Of The Town had an exception show winning the championship titles and buckles in six different classes and reserve champion in two others.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for the week of Aug. 11 to 18: * A suspected thief stole a vehicle between Aug.

Conservation officers are confident they've killed the cougar responsible for several livestock deaths on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast.