The provincial picture remains hazy at 11:50 p.m. May 9, but the contest is settled in Powell River - Sunshine Coast

Coast Beat Ep. 55: In our last podcast before the May 9 provincial election we talk to a poli-sci prof, Sean, John and Christine discuss the campaign and put their predictions in a sealed envelope, we hear from local government leaders and one last time from the three major candidates for Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Kim Darwin of the BC Green Party joins Sean and John for the third in our series of interviews with the candidates in Powell River - Sunshine Coast leading up to the May 9th election.

You can see the BC Greens' full platform here: http://www.bcgreens.ca/platform

If you're interested in the choral arrangement of Reg and Lynne Dickson's song, you can find that here:

http://cypresschoral.com/Composers/Dickson.html

Mathew Wilson of the BC Liberals joins Sean and John for the second in our series of interviews with the candidates in Powell River - Sunshine Coast leading up to the May 9th election.

You can seen the BC Liberal platform at https://www.bcliberals.com/platform

Coast Beat Ep. 52: NDP incumbent Nicholas Simons joins Sean and John for the first in our series of interviews with the candidates in Powell River - Sunshine Coast leading up to the May 9th election.

The NDP released its provincial platform after our interview was recorded. You can see it here: https://www.bcndp.ca/platform

Coast Beat Ep. 51: Sean, John and Christine talk about the decision by some local RCMP members to change their stripes, and BC Ferries' acknowledgement that all is not well on Route 3 and they plan to work hard to change it.

Coast Beat Ep. 50: Sean, John and Christine talk about BC Ferries and the latest hiccups with the Langdale - Horseshoe Bay route, as well as some local politics and Girl Guide cookie preferences. Also, highlights from our interview with Buddy Boyd about Bolt Across Canada.

Coast Beat Ep. 49: Sean and Christine take a look at Sechelt's "hacked" community survey.

Note to listeners. The incorrect file uploaded Mar. 24 was replaced Mar. 26 with the correct Ep. 49, we apologize for the error.

Coast Beat Ep. 48: Sean, John and Christine on the Seawatch sinkhole in Sechelt and the Ferry Advisory Committee's pre-election fact sheet for voters. Also; Norm Letnick's response on breweries in the ALR.

Coast Beat Ep. 47: We've put together a few short odds n' ends this episode, including Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie's story of Jane & Annie and a look back on Ryan Dempster's decision to pitch for Team Canada at the World Baseball Classic, which opened this week.