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The trial of former Gibsons councillor Silas White on charges of impaired driving causing bodily harm, expected to be held next month, has been rescheduled. White was charged in October of 2018 in connection with a single-vehicle accident on Sept.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Sept. 24 to Oct. 3: • Early on Oct. 1, a break and enter was reported at the Sunshine Coast Transit compound in the 5900 block of Mason Road, Sechelt.

The busy round of all-candidates meetings for the seven people vying to be MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country continued Oct. 7 at a forum sponsored by the Sechelt Chamber of Commerce.

People’s Party of Canada (PPC) candidate Doug Bebb is, like many of his PPC colleagues, a first-time politician, but the 62-year-old mechanical engineer says the arrival of Maxime Bernier on the scene drew him out of semi-retirement and into politics

Despite nicks to her jugular and a fractured skull, the prognosis is good for an 18-kilogram dog that was mauled by a cougar in Langdale on Oct. 4.

A months-long volunteer-driven clean up operation on a stretch of secluded beach outside of Gibsons climaxed last Saturday with a helicopter pickup of 47 “megabags” worth of trash.

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Sunshine Coast voters got their first chance to hear from the seven candidates in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country over the weekend during the first of what will be a busy few days of all-candidates forums. The Oct.

A change in how flu shots are being prioritized at the Gibsons Public Health Unit this year – in conjunction with the closure of a Gibsons pharmacy – has at least one doctor concerned about the availability of the influenza vaccine in the community.

Sunshine Coast RCMP say they’ve arrested a man suspected of taking a donation box with about $800 in cash from the Tim Hortons location in Sechelt. The theft happened Oct. 4 and RCMP released security camera images of the suspect on Saturday.