Local News

May 6 to 10 is Hunger Awareness Week and the Sunshine Coast Food Bank is asking you to "give it up, give it out or give a shout" to mark the occasion.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are investigating an arson that occurred behind the Roberts Creek Library shortly after midnight Sunday, May 5.

On Thursday, May 9, Coast residents will have a chance to hear provincial candidates' views on local and provincial environmental issues.

Financial difficulties, an in-depth assessment by Environment Canada and a newly filed warrant to seize the HMCS Annapolis could spell the end of the Artificial Reef Society of B.C.'s (ARSBC) plan to sink the war ship in Halkett Bay.

A Gibsons man and two co-accused in the killing of gang member Jonathan Bacon will be back in court next month.

Local member of Parliament John Weston was among a group of 11 Conservative party backbenchers who stood up recently to voice support for the right of all MPs to speak in the House regardless of the wishes of their party leaders.

Shots fired in the early morning hours of April 26 left bullet holes in three BC Hydro voltage regulators near Trout Lake Road and caused about 2,500 litres of oil to spill onto the ground below.

The outpouring of love and support for Mujtaba Saloojee and his family continues to grow along the Sunshine Coast with the latest gesture coming from Extra Foods in Sechelt.

A proposal for a run-of-river hydro project near McNab Creek will get a public airing on Tuesday, May 7, at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre.

A few heated comments broke through what was overall a civil exchange between two candidates in the Powell River - Sunshine Coast riding during an all candidates meeting leading up to the May 14 election.