Local News

RCMP investigating banner at a Pender Harbour school, defaced highway signs

A group of doctors on the Sunshine Coast has launched a task force to address the opioid overdose epidemic that’s grown deadlier because of COVID-19. The new Overdose Prevention Task Force had its first meeting June 30 and is overseen by Dr.

Gibsons Coun. David Croal, a crew member with Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) Station 14, told council July 7 that they are now back on duty.

Well-known Sunshine Coast cannabis activist and entrepreneur Michelle Sikora has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Maxim magazine covergirl contest.

Observers of the night sky could have something new to look out for in the coming weeks – a comet discovered by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope and catalogued as C/2020 F3.

Fisheries officers made a couple of significant seizures in waters off the Sunshine Coast after alleged violations of fishing regulations earlier this month – one involving a commercial fishing operation and another involving recreational anglers.

Sunshine Coast RCMP say one man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a vehicle caught fire near Trout Lake Road and Highway 101 Thursday morning, July 9. The Halfmoon Bay Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call at 6:10 a.m.

Sechelt Hospital is now offering 24-hour access to forensic sexual assault exams.

Councillors in Gibsons have advanced a proposed tree preservation bylaw to second reading, but they’re going to hold off on adoption until they get some public feedback.

After hearing concerns about crowding on the Seawalk, especially near the Harbour Authority wharf where the restaurants are located, the Town of Gibsons is working with officials from Vancouver Coastal Health on ways to improve the situation. Coun.