Local News

Plans for a regional retail centre at what is now known as the Eco Village on Field Road will soon be coming to council for consideration. In 2004 the District zoned the 11.

There's a buzz of excitement at the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden where two new hives now house around 5,000 bees for educational and practical purposes.

Keith Brind of Gibsons might never have witnessed the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to airmen like his father, had the controversies surrounding Allied bombing campaigns in the Second World War continued to stall efforts.

The District of Sechelt has hired a new executive assistant, Jeanette McDougall, who will support mayor and council as well as the yet-to-be hired chief of innovation and growth.

A protected area in the Chapman Creek watershed has been identified by AJB Investments as a potential location for a water storage project, a recent Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) staff report indicated.

Discovering that a baby has a developmental delay or disability can be difficult for parents, but the Infant Development Program (IDP) at Sunshine Coast Community Services Society (SCCSS) is there to help.

The lowering of a 1,200-kilogram, 17-metre bridge over Chapman Creek by helicopter June 26 signalled the end of a two-year trail project that now allows users to travel between Selma Park and the Wilson Creek airport off-road.

Sunshine Coast RCMP continues to investigate a four-vehicle collision that forced traffic to be re-routed on Highway 101 for several hours Wednesday afternoon. Just after 1 p.m.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for July 3 to 10: On July 3, a shoplifter was caught at a business in the 900 block of Gibsons Way. Staff witnessed the suspect taking an electronic device and left the business without paying for it.

The Integrated Road Safety Unit (IRSU) from Vancouver was on the Sunshine Coast last weekend conducting a road safety traffic blitz.