Local News

Campfires are now banned in all areas of the Sunshine Coast as the fire rating is reaching extreme on a daily basis.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for July 30 to Aug. 6: On July 30, a two-vehicle collision occurred eastbound on Highway 101 at Bay Road in Sechelt,after the first vehicle stopped for the left-turning vehicle in front of it.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have tracked down one of the vehicles reported stolen last week in a string of auto thefts over a five-day period. On Aug. 6, RCMP received a report of an abandoned truck in a back road located off Reed Road in Gibsons.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) declared stage two water use restrictions for all regional water users on Tuesday morning, Aug. 6. All those on the Pender Harbour systems remain at stage one until further notice.

Vancouver Coastal Health is teaming up with the University of British Columbia and Fraser Health to find out more about how healthy British Columbians are.

June permit revenue for the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) was the lowest in 10 years, chief building inspector Peter Longhi reported at the July 25 corporate and administrative services committee meeting.

Come this fall Sunshine Coast residents will likely find themselves answering the door to a canvasser and being asked to sign a petition to decriminalize pot.

For the second consecutive year, students from Kyoritsu high school outside Tokyo are visiting the Sunshine Coast for two weeks in a cultural exchange hosted by Muskoka Language International.

The District of Sechelt has just been given a level two Climate Action Award for completing a corporate carbon inventory in 2012.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) gave the green light last week to the Box Canyon power project at McNab Creek, after directors decided not to hold a second public information meeting on the Lower Mainland.