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Developers file application for Five Corners project

Developers file application for Five Corners project

The Gibsons planning and development committee got its first look this week at a project that could significantly change the Five Corners intersection in the Landing.
SCRD moves to lower monthly passes, eliminate transfers

SCRD moves to lower monthly passes, eliminate transfers

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors have voted in favour of changing bus fare prices. At a Jan.
Directors eye pilot to test free bus rides for 50 youth

Directors eye pilot to test free bus rides for 50 youth

After abandoning efforts to slash youth bus-fare prices or eliminate them altogether by the end of 2019, Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors have thrown their weight behind a different tactic.
Safety concerns spur change to Roberts Creek bus route

Safety concerns spur change to Roberts Creek bus route

Bus routes will be revamped this spring to avoid what BC Transit and Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) staff deemed a hazardous intersection in Roberts Creek.
UPDATED: ‘Significant snow’ expected as snowfall warning continues

UPDATED: ‘Significant snow’ expected as snowfall warning continues

Environment Canada's snowfall warning for the Sunshine Coast remained in place Tuesday morning, with heavy wet snow causing traffic disruptions for commuters.
Seniors Advocate calls for better financial oversight, monitoring of long-term care hours

Seniors Advocate calls for better financial oversight, monitoring of long-term care hours

B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s latest report calls for better monitoring of care hours delivered by privately run, but publicly funded, long-term care facilities in the province.
State of emergency continues in Lower Road washout area

State of emergency continues in Lower Road washout area

Officials say critical infrastructure on Lower Road in Roberts Creek has been protected and damage to beach cabins has been limited by diverting floodwaters, but there was still no end in sight for the state of local emergency declared Sunday by the
Trellis long-term care project comes back to Sechelt council

Trellis long-term care project comes back to Sechelt council

Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers, who referred to the Trellis Seniors’ Services long-term care project as a “missed opportunity” during the 2018 election campaign, had another look at that opportunity at council’s Feb. 5 meeting.
Online ferry service consultation underway

Online ferry service consultation underway

The online engagement part of the provincial government’s effort to find out what coastal residents want to see as a long-term vision for ferry services got underway Feb. 2.
Simons confident land use plan will end ‘cycle of proposal and protest’

Simons confident land use plan will end ‘cycle of proposal and protest’

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons says he remains confident a new land use plan to be drafted as part of the Foundation Agreement between the province and the shíshálh Nation will end the “constant cycle of proposal and protest” over is