Local News

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will see an overall 3.1 per cent increase in property taxes in 2013, but changes in assessment mean some areas will feel the hit more than others.

The way packaging and printed paper (PPP) are recycled in B.C. could see some big changes in the coming year, changes that may have huge implications for recycling companies around the province.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will reduce landfill hours and raise tipping fees by $25 per tonne to offset increases in the regional solid waste budget.

The Elphinstone Secondary School grad class from 1972 is planning a reunion for the first weekend in May and need to get the word out.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for March 5 to March 12: On March 5, police stopped a vehicle on Highway 101 at Henry Road in Gibsons after the driver failed to stop at a stop sign.

The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue station 12 (Halfmoon Bay) vessel Lewis-McPhee sustained significant damage in the incident of June 3, 2012, in which the lives of two volunteer crew members were tragically lost.

British Columbia launched a strategy March 6, outlining short and long-term measures to prevent, recognize and respond to elder abuse in the province.

For the ninth year in a row, the Sunshine Coast Regional District has been awarded the Canadian award for excellence in financial reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA).

We who live in paradise don't really get to see the face of child poverty in our community unless we volunteer at the food bank, work in a social assistance office, or cook breakfast for kids in one of our schools.

A location has been selected for the $12.2 million Gibsons Elementary School rebuild- - the north field where the upper playground now sits. The location was announced by School District No.