Local News

The Ladies Red Serge Gala committee is looking for one or two people to volunteer to chair or co-chair this year’s event scheduled for Sept. 12 in Sechelt.

A wildfire started April 1 in Upper Squamish is still not officially out. The blaze, at approximately the 17.5-mile mark of Squamish Valley Road, was reportedly started when a homeowner’s backyard slash fire got out of control.

Community Futures Sunshine Coast and the District of Sechelt are getting a share of the almost $19 million in Rural Dividend Grants recently announced by the province.

BC Ferries has added 92 extra sailings on the routes linking the Lower Mainland to the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island for the Victoria Day long weekend.

Police Report

RCMP and fire investigators say there was nothing suspicious about a fatal fire in Wilson Creek on Friday, May 10. The Sechelt Fire Department got called out to 4491 Hupit St. on shíshálh Nation lease lands around 3 a.m.

Cleanup continues at the Pier 17 building in Davis Bay after a fire last week.

New buildings on the Sunshine Coast should be solar ready and wired for electric vehicle (EV) charging – and local bylaws could be the tool to ensure that happens, says the Sunshine Coast Community Solar Association (SCCSA).

“I’m going to try not to be emotional,” said Pender Harbour resident Dwayne Dobson before telling Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors why he wants them to approve permits for the Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station (PODS).

A family of killer whales – likely transients – was spotted about 90 metres (100 yards) off the west end of Hopkins beach near Gibsons on Tuesday evening, including a rare sighting of an orca calf.