Local News

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Feb. 26 to March 4: On Feb.

The Sechelt fire department is still investigating the cause of an early morning house fire in West Sechelt Wednesday. Firefighters responded to the blaze on Norwest Bay Road around 3:45 a.m. March 6.

The B.C. Citizens Patrol Network, an organization of civic-minded volunteers dedicated to making communities safer places to live and work, is seeking recruits.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have determined that speed and driver inattentiveness were factors in a head-on collision that took place at Highway 101 near Selma Park Road on Tuesday morning. On March 5, at approximately 7:45 a.m.

The Gibsons fire department had a busy weekend with eight calls that according to fire chief Bob Stevens were mostly senseless vandalism.

Sunshine Coast RCMP put a major dent in property crime during the second half of 2012, Staff Sgt. Herb Berdahl told the regional policing committee on Feb. 25.

The District of Sechelt awarded $102,251 in traffic fine revenues to safety and crime reduction organizations during the Feb. 20 council meeting.

Some members of the public are upset at the cutting of a tree that once held a bald eagle's nest on Silverstone Lane in Sechelt, but the tree was deemed a danger, according to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

The Wharf Rats are ready to unveil their plan for a restored and expanded Davis Bay wharf, and next Saturday the community will get their first opportunity to view the drawings and talk with the professionals involved.

The School District No. 46 (SD46) board passed its amended 2012/13 annual budget at their Feb. 12 regular meeting, which showed a nearly $3-million difference from the draft budget produced last year.