Local News

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for March 19 to 26: Police have received several complainants of gas theft from the Kwatamus Avenue and Xenichen Avenue. The thief is siphoning gas from vehicles during the night. Between Feb.

Coast Reporter has won four national newspaper awards from the Canadian Community Newspaper Association (CCNA).

British Columbians saved 136-megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial electricity load by 1.95 per cent during Earth Hour Saturday night, March 23 - the equivalent of turning off more than 10 million 12.5-watt LED light bulbs.

Concerns about a large-scale gravel mine proposed for McNab Creek in the middle of Howe Sound will be discussed on Wednesday, April 10, at a meeting of the West Howe Sound Community Association.

The Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) has released its 2013 provincial election platform, setting out points of discussion for British Columbia's four main political parties and the next provincial government.

A group of Vancouver Island kite boarders plan to cross the Strait of Georgia next month all in the hopes of making a difference for sick children in B.C. Kitting for Kids is raising money for Children's Miracle Network and BC Children's Hospital.

Keats Islanders will get a chance this spring to weigh in on the bollard question.

School District No. 46 (SD46) will open a primary nature school in September as a pilot project at Davis Bay Elementary School.

A recent PowerPoint presentation about School District No. 46's (SD46) budget process to date showed three spending areas stakeholders suggest cutting to deal with cost pressures in the 2013/2014 school year.

From finding affordable childcare to finding peanut butter substitutes, the issues of child poverty on the Sunshine Coast turn up in the schools, at the food bank and in the community.