Local News

One thief's ugly act of stealing money from Sechelt's Ecko Aleck while she tended to her premature baby at Lions Gate Hospital has turned into a beautiful thing, thanks to a caring off-Coast community.

BC Ferries has delayed service cuts for another year, officials from the corporation told the southern Sunshine Coast ferry advisory committee (FAC) Tuesday.

High school principal and vice-principal positions for the 2013-14 school year have been finalized, and a few changes are on the way.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has once again delayed the rezoning application for the proposed Burnco gravel mine at McNab Creek, but a company official downplayed the impact on the timing of the project.

An emergency shellfish closure ordered for the Halfmoon Bay area is expected to be in effect until later this month.

Two Sunshine Coast RCMP members have been honoured for taking drunk drivers off the road by being made members of Alexa's Team. Const. Jen Balfour and Const.

If you see a yellow ribbon tied to a dog's leash, it has nothing to do with the 1970s hit by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It means give the dog some space.

Sechelt has hired a permanent chief financial officer (CFO), Victor Mema. Mema comes to Sechelt from Wood Buffalo, Alta., where he acted as the manager of financial planning.

The public will have a chance to review a draft 25-year regional water plan that proposes universal metering and mandatory stage 2 and 3 watering restrictions until 2015 to reduce the cost of system expansion by $7 million.

It will cost $30,000 to paint lines and put up signs to make Cowrie Street one way by May, the public heard at Sechelt's April 10 committee of the whole meeting.