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If it were up to students, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country would be sending Green candidate Dana Taylor to Ottawa. The results of Student Vote Canada 2019, which took place the week before the election, were released Tuesday morning.

Liberals re-elected as minority government

The District of Sechelt and Sunshine Coast Tourism (SCT) have installed a digital information kiosk at the Trail Bay Mall. The new kiosk is the first of three planned by the district and SCT, which has the contract for the Visitor Information Centre.

A BC Ferries crew member is in hospital after being injured while working on the Queen of Cowichan on Saturday morning. BC Ferries said the female worker was hurt while on duty on the car deck after an issue with one of the bow doors Oct. 19.

The Liberal, Conservative and Green leaders spent some time in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country in the final two days of the federal election campaign.

There was also a little tension between the Green and Conservative campaigns on the Sunshine Coast at the start of voting day Monday, when Green supporters decided to set up a sign line outside Conservative candidate Gabrielle Loren’s Sunshine Coast

After four-and-a-half hours of presentations from more than 60 speakers, councillors in Gibsons are now facing a difficult balancing act as they try to make a decision on a controversial supportive housing project proposed for 749 School Rd.

A team of investigators was in Williamsons Landing on Thursday to investigate why a small tugboat hauling a barge loaded with woodchips capsized and sank.

The province will launch an online engagement process in the new year to help develop a long-term vision for coastal ferry services, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced Friday.

Capilano University has named Micki McCartney as regional director of kálax-ay, the Sunshine Coast Campus. She started in the new role on Oct. 7.