Local News

Roberts Creek resident Barry Cavens was honoured last month for a career dedicated to excellence in gas safety. Cavens, 71, was one of six recipients at the BC Safety Authority's eighth annual Lieutenant Governor Safety Awards luncheon, held Dec.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Dec. 18 to 30: On Dec. 18, a thief stole a green in colour Yamaha 450 Kodiak ATV from a residence near Carlson Point in Halfmoon Bay.

Paintings by Coast high school students are being showcased at the Sunshine Coast RCMP detachment in Sechelt through a new art program, the first of its kind in Canada.

Spin Cycles in Gibsons is making Christmas brighter for needy kids on the Coast by reconditioning used bikes and distributing them through the Bikes for Tykes program. The program was developed in the U.S.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is nearing completion of an agricultural area plan (AAP) that will guide ongoing decision making about agriculture within the Sunshine Coast.

A District of Sechelt bylaw officer tried to cancel the business licence of Cross-Trainers Holistic Health Playground for a second time, but council once again afforded the owners more time to fix any bylaw infractions.

Sechelt councillors had mixed reactions to staff's presentation of a 2014 budget boasting no tax increases, no service level decreases and some big-ticket, one-time items during their Nov. 27 committee of the whole meeting.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has drafted a bylaw that would permit medical marijuana production facilities only in Hillside Industrial Park and rural lots that are eight hectares (19.8 acres) or more.

BC Timber Sales (BCTS) removed more than 50 hectares of old-growth forest from its harvesting plans for Mount Elphinstone last week after failing to receive any bids from logging contractors.

Pieces of history from thousands of years ago tumbled to the surface as excavators dug a trench for a new sewer pipe on Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) lands recently.