Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

B.C. Ferries is losing more than $1 million a day and is trying to negotiate a way around a sticking point that could prevent the company from being eligible for federal aid.

With bats still being linked to the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, a local program decided to use International Bat Appreciation Day to dispel “misinformation.

27 people in long-term care centres on the North Shore have now died of the virus

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: With important holidays in many of the world’s major religions coming up this month and a long weekend just around the corner, we thought it might be a good time to remind everyone about the importance of social

The Sunshine Coast Community Foundation is establishing a special COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund that’s intended to meet urgent community needs.

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: We continue to receive encouraging news regarding COVID-19 infections in British Columbia, with Dr. Henry confirming today that the number of hospitalizations dropped over the weekend.

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.