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Low-flow showerheads, rain barrels, drought-resistant trees and plants when it comes to saving water, every household and business in Gibsons can truly make a difference.

The Future of Howe Sound Society (FHSS) is hosting a social "Up the Noise" event in Lions Bay on Saturday, Nov. 17.

The Sunshine Coast Early Childhood Development Planning Table will move forward with a plan to build a child care facility on the Coast for kids from birth to three years old, thanks in part to a child care survey that has demonstrated the need.

Opponents of a hotel room tax for the Sunshine Coast are pressing the provincial government to recognize Oct. 31 as the cut-off date for letters in support of the tax. In a letter sent Nov.

The revised Gospel Rock neighbourhood plan will go to public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Christ the King Community Church in Lower Gibsons. Council set the date at the Nov. 6 regular meeting, rescinding second reading of the previous plan.

The Town of Gibsons is trying to find a way to supply water to a property on Chaster Road so the owner can build a single-family home on the site.

Local governments on the Sunshine Coast are running out of time to respond to a planned recycling program that is expected to start province-wide in 18 months, changing residential curbside collection in both urban and rural municipalities.

A home in Gibsons was left to burn Oct. 26 while fire crews waited about 35 minutes for BC Hydro to arrive on scene and disconnect the power so crews could direct their water at the base of the blaze.

Two Sunshine Coast residents were honoured for their commitment to crime prevention last week, one for his lifetime of achievement and one for her youth leadership initiative. On Nov. 2 the Ministry of Justice and the B.C.

Any move to drop the speed limit on Highway 101 above Roberts Creek should start with an RCMP recommendation, Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors agreed Nov. 1.