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Sunshine Coast RCMP are looking for witnesses to a suspicious occurrence at Sargeant Bay Provincial Park where a seven-year-old boy was allegedly approached by an unknown woman offering cake if the child came home with her.

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons has been named opposition critic for the Ministry of Agriculture.

Cuts to Capilano University programs will have "no significant impact on the Sechelt campus," a spokesperson for the university told Coast Reporter. The CapU board of governors passed its 2013/14 budget on June 11, cutting programs to offset a $1.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for June 11 to 18: RCMP have recovered a number of items believed to have been stolen in April and May 2013 from cabins in the Egmont and Nelson Island.

The Sunshine Coast Trail has been chosen as one of the best camping destinations in the Pacific Northwest. Sunset added the 180-km trail to its list of favourite campgrounds in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia.

On June 13, a second suspect allegedly involved in two break and enters on Nelson Island on May 30, was arrested in Mission. Timothy John Shepherd, 45, was arrested without incident on a warrant of arrest.

Responding to recent requests by their partner communities and the Provincial Conservation Officer Service, the British Columbia Conservation Foundation (BCCF) announced May 28 that they were expanding their highly successful Bear Aware program to in

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, June 3, attended by Town of Gibsons representatives, Sunshine Coast Regional District chair Garry Nohr, and members of the public with rackets in hand, subdivision developer Blaine Hagedorn officially transferr

Expanding environmental and outdoor education opportunities in School District No. 46 was the core subject as teachers, administrators and school trustees brainstormed with community members on June 10.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors heard at their June 6 infrastructure services committee that work will begin this summer to close a portion of the Sechelt landfill.