Local News

From the Sunshine Coast to the Middle East is a long way to go to help people in a war-torn area, only to be turned away at the border. But that is what Gibsons resident Anita Couvrette was facing when she arrived in Egypt on Monday.

A person of interest has been identified and the investigation is on-going into a robbery Monday at the Petro-Can station in Gibsons. The Sunshine Coast RCMP serious crime unit is heading the investigation.

A 48-year-old Gibsons man is facing charges of production of a controlled substance after a bust in Gibsons last Friday night. On May 22, Sunshine Coast RCMP executed a search warrant at a home on Chaster Road.

Residents of the rural areas in the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) could have curbside recycling pickup by the spring of 2010.

B.C. paramedics are striking over issues of wage disparity, working conditions and understaffing due to problems in recruitment and retainment of staff.

The baby was named Hilltop Charlie because that's where he was born - on a hilltop, into the care of paramedic Jim Gibson as the ambulance made its way to town.

The Sunshine Coast had a tragic start to the May long weekend. Seventy-four-year-old Sechelt resident Joyce Kerpan was killed in a two-vehicle accident around 9:40 a.m. on Thursday, May 14, in Gibsons.

Staff at the Gibsons and Area Recreation Centre are concerned for the safety of pedestrians as additional motorists are using their parking lot as a thoroughfare to avoid Gibsons Way.

Cuts to a palliative care pilot program on the Coast have left people in the end stages of life and their caregivers without palliative doctors, according to the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society. "People who are dying don't have a voice.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has voted to pursue a "status quo" option for Keats and Gambier islanders accessing the mainland at the B.C. Ferries float in Langdale. The board is hoping it can now negotiate with B.C.