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Recycling bins added to some SCRD recreation sites

Recycling bins added to some SCRD recreation sites

The units cost between $1,600 and $2,300 each and offer visitors to public spaces separated bins where they can responsibly deposit food waste, beverage containers and garbage.
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Court tosses former B.C. 911 dispatcher's 'systemic bullying' case

Court tosses former B.C. 911 dispatcher's 'systemic bullying' case

Kelowna RCMP civilian's class-action lawsuit struck down for technical reasons.
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Letter: The Sunshine Coast deserves a safe highway

Letter: The Sunshine Coast deserves a safe highway

'The two-lane road your ministry calls a “highway” continues to be unsafe and dangerous for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians alike. (You may be unaware that, yet again, on Saturday, there was a serious accident at one of the many uncontrolled intersections along this route in downtown Sechelt.)'
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Spotlight on Special O: Blowing fundraising out of the water in February

Spotlight on Special O: Blowing fundraising out of the water in February

February. What. A. Month! Special O on the Coast definitely put the FUN in fundraising! Tim Hortons Donut Day was a smashing success across Canada with $884,000 raised in total.
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B.C.'s securities watchdog fined rule breakers $430M. Why can't it make them pay?

B.C.'s securities watchdog fined rule breakers $430M. Why can't it make them pay?

VANCOUVER — Ronald McHaffie said he had big plans to build a ski resort near Hope, 150 km east of Vancouver, ahead of the 2010 Olympics. He cut an unlikely figure, with a Grizzly Adams beard and no history of resort development.
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Letters: Don’t log in Wakefield Creek Watershed

Letters: Don’t log in Wakefield Creek Watershed

'Wakefield Creek flows out of Crowston Lake, crosses a forest service road beginning its journey to the Salish Sea. Sections of HM64 lie directly above the creek.'
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B.C., Ontario mortgage-holders increasingly missed payments in Q4, Equifax says

B.C., Ontario mortgage-holders increasingly missed payments in Q4, Equifax says

TORONTO — Consumers in Ontario and British Columbia increasingly missed payments on mortgages and credit cards in the fourth quarter of 2023, Equifax Canada said.
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Measles to flesh-eating disease: What B.C. travellers should know about overseas health risks

Measles to flesh-eating disease: What B.C. travellers should know about overseas health risks

The first case of measles in B.C. in five years has sparked concern about travel.
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Province updates SCRD, mayors on proposed swiya dock management plan changes

Province updates SCRD, mayors on proposed swiya dock management plan changes

'The ministers were attentive to the questions and concerns we brought forward' was SCRD chair Leonard Lee's summation of a Feb. 23 meeting with provincial representatives on matters including the application for changes to the swiya dock management plan.
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Vancouver international student fights defamation allegation after dispute with college

Vancouver international student fights defamation allegation after dispute with college

Saki Takatsuki of Japan started her program in January 2022.
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