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Valerie Georgescu of The Co-operators (left) and Erin McGregor of Sunshine Coast Credit Union help launch a community sponsorship program for Coast Car Co-op (CCC) as its first Driving Sponsors.

Strong winds didn’t deter hundreds of spectators from flocking to Madeira Park for the April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge on April 27 – the annual boat building competition and race.

Stage 1 outdoor water use restrictions were in effect as of May 1 for those on the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) supply system and within the Town of Gibsons.

Fire swept through a home in the 2700 block of Lower Road in Roberts Creek Tuesday night, but everyone in the house was able to get out unharmed. The Roberts Creek Fire Department got the call around 11:21 p.m.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have released some details of an assault that happened in Gibsons in mid-April. RCMP say they responded to a call to assist a 33-year-old man who had suffered serious injuries around 7:10 a.m. on April 18.

A forest fire that prompted the evacuation of homes near Smuggler Cove Tuesday evening was caused by human activity, Halfmoon Bay Fire Chief Ryan Daley has confirmed. The fire call came in at 3:54 p.m.

Thanks to his first-place finish at provincials, avid photographer and Grade 12 Chatelech student Sam Robinson will be heading to Nova Scotia at the end of May to compete in the 25th annual Skills Canada National Competition.

A wayward steer caused a minor traffic sensation on Highway 101 near Lower Road on April 26.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for April 21 to 29: • On April 24, a Coast resident reported his sailboat missing or stolen from its mooring off Dunham Road, Port Mellon.

A man in his 40s is dead after a workplace incident on a forestry operation on northern Vancouver Island. B.C. Coroners Service and WorkSafe B.C. were notified Sunday of the death, which happened at a logging site near Holberg.