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The sentencing for convicted child sex offender Michael Berry has been delayed after Berry was diagnosed with cancer. Justice Paul Williamson of the B.C. Supreme Court was to have sentenced Berry, 73, Jan.

As a result of federal and provincial investments in affordable housing, a new program is available to help low-income seniors and people with disabilities finance home modifications for accessible, safe and independent living.

Sunshine Coast search and rescue volunteers are being credited for successfully locating a pair of missing hikers on Saturday lost in Tetrahedron Provincial Park. Sunshine Coast RCMP were called shortly after midnight on Jan.

British Columbia's Information and Privacy Commissioner has launched a public education initiative about video surveillance in the private sector. "Jan.

Private investors are being offered a chance to create forestry jobs, fight global warming and reduce their carbon footprint under an innovative silviculture partnership sponsored by the B.C.

A special summit to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro will have a Coast connection in Abilee Kellett and SideStix. In a few days Kellett will join amputee Kimberly Fawcett, who will use SideStix sports crutches while climbing the 5,896-metre mountain.

Sunshine Coast RCMP placed a four-year-old child in the custody of the Ministry of Children and Families last week after a Garden Bay man was pulled over for allegedly drinking and driving with the child in the vehicle. According to RCMP, on Jan.

Groups focusing on adult arts and sports, animal welfare and the environment are encouraged to take advantage of a special community gaming grant application intake, Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, announced Jan. 26.

B.C. Ferries has received a solid report card from former B.C. auditor general George Morfitt on the way it has dealt with a variety of safety concerns raised five years ago. In a 73-page report released Jan.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled parts of the provincial government's tougher drinking and driving penalties unconstitutional.