Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

It started as a Facebook group to connect people in self-isolation or home sick who needed help with volunteers or groups able to provide that help and, by the end of this week, it will have grown into a full “community task force” to tackle the chal

Displays of appreciation come in all shapes and sizes, and at Sechelt Hospital on Tuesday evening, it came as flashing lights and siren calls.

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: The last few weeks feel like a cruel April Fool’s joke. Unfortunately, as we look across the province and the rest of Canada, and around the world, it is clear that COVID-19 is not a joke.

It took overtime work by staff and two back-to-back emergency meetings, but Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors managed to cut this year’s tax increase by nearly two thirds in response to the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has called, once again, on British Columbians not to travel unless it’s absolutely necessary, a message local officials on the Sunshine Coast have also been emphasizing in recent days.

West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Patrick Weiler has committed to weekly briefings with the Sunshine Coast business community as the impact of measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, many of which have led to businesses closing dow

Operators earning money from short-term rentals during the COVID-19 crisis are similar to hoarders and exploitive resellers and the province must put an end to it, says Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish.

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: As we continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation on the Sunshine Coast, we remain in a holding pattern from the end of last week.

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: This will be our last update for the week. As we wait to see the effects of our current measures, we are planning to decrease the frequency of our updates starting next week.

Works out to three cases in region stretching from Langdale to Lund