Local News

Halfmoon Bay's J. Edward Chamberlain (known to locals as Ted) has just been named an officer in the Order of Canada.

Some Roberts Creek residents were less than impressed by the province's highway maintenance contractor's brush-cutting job last weekend.

Support workers in the K-12 school system throughout B.C., covered by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have voted to strike in almost all of the 57 K-12 locals, in 53 school districts.

The Town of Gibsons will be asking the Sunshine Coast Transit System and BC Transit to make the new community shuttle bus service a permanent fixture, chief administrative officer Mani Machado said Tuesday.

The Sunshine Coast conservation officer service is tracking a series of cougar sightings in the Welcome Woods area of Halfmoon Bay.

The District of Sechelt and the company building a $25-million wastewater treatment plant on Ebbtide Street held a short-notice meeting Wednesday evening to answer residents' concerns about vibrations, noise and other construction issues.

Thanks to high water levels in Chapman Lake, stage one watering restrictions remain in effect for the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) water system, Bryan Shoji, the SCRD's general manager of infrastructure services, said Wednesday.

Striking District of Sechelt workers represented by the B.C. Government and Service Employees Union (BCGEU) and the District of Sechelt are still in negotiations with the hopes of reaching an agreement soon.

A tentative agreement has been reached between the District of Sechelt and its striking workers represented by the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU). The agreement follows three days of bargaining with the assistance of a mediator.

The shíshálh First Nation is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved and respected leaders and advocates in education, culture and language.