Highlights

Two weekends ago, Anne Zarifa and her children sat down to make a list of clothes they'd need for the coming school year after sifting through their closets to get rid of anything too small or worn out.

Pender Harbour Community School , Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society, BC Conservation Foundation and Tetrahedron Outdoor Club will each receive $27,000

Local fairs and festivals converged during Aug. 17 to 20, marking an apex weekend in the Sunshine Coast’s cultural calendar. As book aficionados gathered at the 41st annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, campers and rockers congregated in Wilson Creek for the 8th annual Rogue Fest. 

Modifiable risk factors for dementia include high blood pressure, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption and infrequent social contact.

'Betty was a remarkable individual, a cherished presence in our community. Her loss leaves an indescribable void.'

As one motorist found out in Saanich last week, it’s a $575 fine under the province’s Wildfire Act for flicking a cigarette out the window.

An employee working for the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction issued crisis funds to a man he lived with for rent, trips and other items.

If the B.C. Wildfire Service is saying “Don’t go there,” then don’t go there. No vacation, or even that great short cut route, is worth your life or the lives of your passengers.

B.C. Ferries is seeing high demand for travel on its routes.

The raccoon took a combative stance with the residents before being trapped in a bathroom. That’s when police got involved.