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Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for May 21 to 27: Between May 9 and 20, a thief broke into a cabin located at Egmont Point and stole a 30 horsepower EZ 3500 Honda generator, an Edson 12-feet long aluminium boat, a telescope and tripod, som

Police departments across B.C. are hoping to make homes safer by declaring a province-wide gun amnesty this June.

Effective June 4, BC Ferries Horseshoe Bay long-term parking is being upgraded from a pay-and-display to a pay-by-stall system to allow customers a more convenient way to pay for parking.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada has issues a red tide closure with several areas closed to the harvest of bivalve mollusks (including all all clams, oysters, mussels, geoducks, scallops and cockles) due to unacceptable levels of paralytic shellfish poiso

School District No. 46 (SD46) is hoping the community will rally together for its environmental education forum early next month. "School District No.

Gibsons council has approved an alternative approval process to proceed with a number of water capital improvements.

A small community garden now grows on Ocean Avenue near Dolphin Street thanks to the vision of one community member who rallied many for the cause.

A member of the Route 3 ferry advisory committee (FAC) is calling the April traffic figures for BC Ferries "a real disaster.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has agreed in principle to a draft communication protocol with B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS) - but directors want to take their concerns about watershed protection to the top of the provincial chain.

The executioner's axe is on hold for a number of Capilano University programs - but only for a month. CapU's board of governors voted Tuesday, May 14 to put a hold on approving the proposed 2013-14 budget, which is facing a $1.3-million shortfall.