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For the past 25 years Paul Hansen and his wife, Patti, have been operating the West Coast Wilderness Lodge in Egmont and soon they plan to expand their accommodations ambitions by converting an old salmon processing plant into a year-round resort and

Incumbent Nicholas Simons says improving ferry service a ‘work in progress’

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: Over the last month, we have seen the number of new COVID-19 cases continue to rise across Canada and around the globe.

BC Ferries isn’t adding any extra sailings on the Sunshine Coast routes for the Thanksgiving weekend, but it is offering advice for people who want to avoid the busiest times for travel.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5: • On Oct. 5, a Coast resident reported falling for a possible scam after receiving a call from a woman purporting to be the resident’s daughter.

A School District No. 46 (SD46) bus driver has resigned because masks are not mandatory for all ages on school buses.

Most students’ learning was impaired when they were shut out of school during the lockdown and transmission at schools is not any riskier than in the community at large, according to a BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) report.

A West Vancouver man who fatally shot his wife’s cousin then chopped up the man’s body with a saw into over 100 pieces will spend another two years and four months in jail for his crimes. Li Zhao, 60, was handed the sentence in B.C.

Elections BC confirms candidate list

B.C. Ferry Services Inc. breached the collective agreement with its unionized employees when it temporarily laid off more than 1,000 workers in early April due to the pandemic, according to an arbitrator. It is now up to the B.C.