Local News

With a revised proposal for the George Hotel expected later this summer, members of Gibsons' advisory planning commission (APC) took a few parting shots at the original plan during their Aug. 13 meeting.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) recently made upgrades at the Sechelt Aquatic Centre that will allow people with injury or those with limited mobility to access all aquatic areas and the fitness and health studio.

Sailings on the Queen of Coquitlam have been cancelled for both Saturday and Sunday. The Queen of Coquitlam was pulled from the Langdale-Horseshoe Bay route after experiencing mechanical issues on the 7:55 a.m. trip from Langdale Saturday morning.

Gibsons' official community plan (OCP) will be getting an overhaul in the coming year, but director of planning Andre Boel said the changes are not expected to be major ones.

A group that wants to create a national park and marine conservation area on the Sunshine Coast is hoping the Sechelt Nation will reconsider backing the proposal, after chief and council rejected it more than a year ago.

The first of a series of signs depicting life long ago in Pender Harbour was unveiled to applause Aug. 12.

A Transportation Safety Board report released Aug. 14 points to inadequate training and organizational oversight as risk factors in the accident that claimed the lives of two Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) members last year.

The Sunshine Coast community is reeling after the tragic death of a promising young athlete from Roberts Creek.

Efforts are continuing to establish a year-round public market in the former yacht club building in Lower Gibsons, but a July deadline to purchase the property has been pushed back to December, proponent Gerry Zipursky told the Town's advisory planni

Sechelt council is showing interest in a curbside food-scrap collection pilot project with Salish Soils that could start as soon as September. Peter Doig, general manager at Salish Soils, pitched the idea to council at their Aug.