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Gibsons council passed first reading of an Official Community Plan amendment to update Development Permit Area 2 at its July 9 council meeting, to better protect natural environments, ecosystems, features, and biological diversity.

Gambier Island got its first-ever functioning fire truck in 2021, after resident Doug Buckle built it from scratch. Now the community wants to build a fire house to protect it.

Sunshine Coast RCMP were called to a disturbance at Friendship Park where an adult female was attempting to force a teenage girl to go with her, saying she believed the young girl was her own daughter.

The former site of the Uptown Motel and Trailer Park, turned RV Park, is one step closer to being home to a rental-condo development and North America’s first mass-timber parkade.

The Coast Shakespeare production of Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream continues for two more performances this weekend — at 7 p.m. on July 12 and 13.

Join local conservation partners on July 14th, at Gibsons Public Market to learn about ongoing marine conservation efforts and how to get involved

Lee-Ann Ennis is part of a global effort to restore vital kelp habitat. She teaches and assists groups in setting up kelp seed nurseries in Vancouver and as far away as the UK.

At the July 4 session, Area E (Elphinstone) director Donna McMahon said she was pleased to see the level of public attendance and that when it comes to zoning rule changes, her view was that opinions will vary, depending on "who’s ox is being gored”.

After flood damage closed the library, staff are preparing to welcome the public back

By paying residents to give up their lawns, Southern Nevada, including the City of Las Vegas, has so far replaced more than 22 million, square feet of grass.