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A contract worth $2.3 million has been awarded to Waste Management to operate a food waste curbside collection program in the rural areas of the Sunshine Coast, excluding Pender Harbour. Directors voted in favour of the contract at the Jan.

The provincial government says data from BC Housing shows a significant increase in the number of purpose-built rental homes registered in British Columbia, and the Sunshine Coast is keeping pace.

A zoning bylaw amendment that would create what’s been billed as a “rural dynamic zone” in Halfmoon Bay will be heading to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board for first reading.

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) says it has turned back logging crews heading to work in the area known as the Clack Creek Forest.

A sailboat was found aground on the Gibsons waterfront Monday morning, but Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) Station 14 said the boat first got into trouble early Sunday afternoon, when the owner needed help after the boat broke loose

Unionized Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) employees are scheduled to cast their ballots Monday in a final vote that will determine whether members support a three-month strike mandate.

School District No.46 (SD46) wants to see school buses outfitted with extended stop arms to improve safety. At the Jan.

The snow and wind warnings from the weekend have been lifted, but the Sunshine Coast is still expected to get its first taste of winter weather this week as temperatures drop and snowfall continues.

Retired nurse Laurean Reid was awarded the prestigious Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers on her home turf. The Sechelt resident was presented with the medal at a packed ceremony at the Seaside Centre on Jan.

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