Coast Beat Ep. 64: The controversial Trellis Seniors Services long-term care home slated for Sechelt is now to be built in Gibsons after a land deal with the town. MLA Nicholas Simons on the NDP cabinet. And Sean John and Christine talk perogies*

*At one point the subject of spelling comes up. We wondered if the newspaper writer's bible, the Canadian Press Stylebook, has any advice. Turns out it does. The accepted spelling for Canadian media is: perogy (s) and perogies (pl).

Coast Beat Ep. 63: As the province-wide state of emergency triggered by the Interior wildfires continues, resources from the Sunshine Coast have been sent to lend a hand. Sean and John talk about that as well as the obligatory cabinet speculation ahead of the July 18 swearing in of the NDP minority government. We've also got a bit of wildlife advice and a taste what opponents of a controversial road closure had to say to Gibsons town council.

Coast Beat Ep. 62: Back from the Canada Day long weekend, Sean and John delve into a grab bag of topics in the news including the Gospel Rock development in Gibsons, the NDP getting ready to govern and fire season

The Coast Beat team is getting ready for Canada Day, so we don’t have a new episode this week, so we're revisiting our story from Episode 57 on the new exhibit opening to the public July 4 at the Tems Swiya Museum in Sechelt featuring an incredible archeological find on the traditional territory of the shishalh Nation.

This week's update story:

http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/sh%C3%ADsh%C3%A1lh-exhibit-opens-to-public-july-4-1.20830170

Our original print story from May:

http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/sh%C3%ADsh%C3%A1lh-ancestors-come-to-life-1.20034046

Christine Wood’s 2012 piece on work underway at the site:

http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/sib-will-fight-to-protect-4-000-year-old-burial-site-1.987799

We'll be back with a new episode July 7

We've been hearing a lot from readers, and local politicians, about the BC Ferries schedule consultation. Sean, John and Christine go through the online survey and discuss why some people aren't happy with the questions the company's asking. Also, the Legislature's clerk gave folks a lesson on the Speaker this week. We thought it was worth repeating.

Take the BC Ferries survey yourself:

https://www.bcferries.com/about/ontime-sc/

Coast Beat Ep. 60: This week we focus on another podcast. Halfmoon Bay mom Rachel Horst just released a podcast she created called “Child Care Crisis on the Sunshine Coast”. We talked to her about creating the podcast, and we've included the podcast itself in this episode.

Here’s the direct link to Rachel Horst’s podcast on the Sunshine Coast’s child care situation:

https://www.facebook.com/rachel.horst.33/videos/10155025151355020/

And, to our print story:

http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/1.20611727

Coast Beat Ep. 59: After a brief vacation break Sean, John and Christine talk about the real estate and housing stories making the news this week and the troublesome bear in Selma Park.

Coast Beat Ep. 58: West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones visits the Coast Reporter offices on a break from Ottawa. She talks with Sean and John on a wide range of topics from derelict vessels to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls.

Coast Beat is on a holiday break June 2. New episodes return June 9.

Coast Beat Ep. 57: Sean, John and Christine talk about the incredible new museum exhibit showcasing a major archeological find on shishalh Nation territory, and we turn to a poli-sci prof from Cap U for some thoughts on the political landscape heading into next week's final count of the May 9 vote.

Show notes:

Link to the story in this week’s Coast Reporter:

http://tinyurl.com/kwwtzk8

Christine Wood’s 2012 piece on work underway at the site:

http://tinyurl.com/n6hcsw9

Audio of Terence Clark courtesy Canadian Museum of History

Coast Beat Ep. 56: Sean and John discuss the outcome of the May 9 provincial election, the Coast Reporter team's sealed predictions are revealed, and we hear from the candidates about what happens next.