Local News

Pender Harbour/Egmont residents filled the Madeira Park Legion hall June 13 for a public meeting on the future of the Pender Harbour landfill.

Several Coast Guard units, including the hovercraft responded to a distress call off Roberts Creek Friday afternoon, June 19. The Coast Guard dispatched responders from Kitsilano to Halfmoon Bay when they got a call after 1 p.m.

The contentious VisionQuest transition house on Pratt Road is now facing scrutiny from a number of provincial agencies and the Ministry of Health to determine what the future of the facility on the Coast will be.

Drivers' speeds are being clocked on the Sunshine Coast in an attempt to remind people to slow down to reduce accidents.

On July 1 the Sunshine Coast is invited to witness a powerful document being adopted in Sechelt that will proclaim the entire Coast as a welcoming community.

Nicholas Simons, MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast, has been named the New Democrat (NDP) deputy critic for housing and social development.

Five days after announcing more temporary layoffs at Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP), a new funding program from the federal government has renewed some optimism at the Coast's largest employer.

A tip from the public led to the discovery of a black bear's head in West Sechelt, but conservation officers are not able to determine if the bear was killed legally or not.

Paramedics say two days of talks with the BC Ambulance Service went nowhere fast.

Sunshine Coast RCMP were kept busy on Saturday responding to two separate collisions on Highway 101. Around 10:15 a.m.