Local News

Sunshine Coast RCMP are warning the public about a paid of fraud cases making the rounds on the Coast.

The recent extreme heat spell hitting most of B.C. (often called heat waves), and increased humidity may pose a risk to your health and safety.

B.C.'s latest month-long gun amnesty found its mark, with 1,801 firearms, 155 other weapons and approximately 30,700 rounds of ammunition turned in for destruction, furthering public safety throughout the province.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for July 9 to 15: Overnight on July 9, a vandal spray painted graffiti on a building in the 700 block of School Road in Gibsons. The suspect also targeted a vehicle that had been parked behind the building.

Sunshine Coast RCMP arrested Shane Holland Dixon without incident on warrants for 10 counts of breach of undertaking last Monday, July 8. Dixon appeared at the Sechelt provincial courthouse on July 10 and has been remanded in custody until July 24.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have issued a public warning to illicit drug users about a substance that is being sold as heroin on the Sunshine Coast, which puts them at an increased risk.

The Hackett Park washroom facility is being transformed one mural at a time, and the community will soon be invited to get involved. The public facility was built by the Rotary Clubs of Sechelt and Sunshine Coast - Sechelt in 2008.

Sechelt's only street ministry, My Father's House, is celebrating its five-year anniversary on July 21, and everyone's invited to the party. Next Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

Halfmoon Bay's J. Edward Chamberlain (known to locals as Ted) has just been named an officer in the Order of Canada.

Some Roberts Creek residents were less than impressed by the province's highway maintenance contractor's brush-cutting job last weekend.