Local News

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for June 19 to July 1: On June 19, police attended a motor vehicle incident involving a pedestrian in the 900 block of Gibsons Way.

WildSafeBC, the successor to the very successful Bear Aware program, has turned to the use of social media to help in its efforts to reduce human-wildlife conflict throughout the province.

With just days until school resumes, ICBC is asking parents to help prepare children to get to and from school safely. Every year in B.C., an average of 30 children aged five to 18 are killed and 5,100 injured in 14,700 crashes.

The second and third stages of the Sunshine Coast agricultural area plan are underway, and a number of ideas and suggestions for furthering local agriculture are now taking root.

Environment Canada is forecasting hot weather for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Sea to Sky corridor.

Due to the proactive approach the Town of Gibsons takes towards aquifer mapping and monitoring, the Gibsons Aquifer is receiving attention from the international groundwater community.

A Peer2Peer drug awareness and education program is taking off on the Coast and it has gained enough interest and support to continue for at least three more years.

The board of Sechelt Community Schools is pleased to announce that Ted Chisholm has accepted the position of Community School coordinator, starting in the new school year this fall.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is moving ahead with plans for repairing a damaged bridge in the Hillside Industrial Park, but only after staff determine who owns the property.

At the June 19 regular council meeting, during Sechelt council reports, some councillors gave kudos to a proposed 20-room boutique hotel with six cabins in West Porpoise Bay that was recently presented to the public at an open house.