Local News

Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) is raising concerns over a plan to log a portion of the McNeill Lake watershed south of Madeira Park, but B.C.

For the second consecutive year, changes in assessment mean the District of Sechelt and Town of Gibsons will pay a larger share of property taxes to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) in 2013. Total share of taxation rose by 4.

Norovirus is sweeping across the Coast, but it hasn't settled in any care homes or the hospital.

Volunteers came to the rescue, but despite their best efforts, they could not save two cabins that were destroyed in a fire on Gambier Island early last Saturday morning.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Jan. 8 to 15: On Jan. 9, a thief broke into a residence in the 1100 block of North Road in Gibsons by prying open a rear window to gain entry.

TELUS is upgrading its telecommunications equipment serving Egmont overnight between Jan. 17 and 18.

Station 12 of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (Halfmoon Bay) were on a training exercise Thursday evening, Jan. 10 when a call was overheard alerting the coast guard to a possible medical emergency on board a vessel near Egmont.

Sunshine Coast Speed Watch is recommending a drop in the speed limit on Beach Avenue in Roberts Creek to 30 km/h. The 3.

The second season of Canada's Greatest Know-It-All will feature a man who calls Madeira Park home, but whether the Coast can boast about his home-grown brilliance remains to be seen.

The heaviest snowfall in years at Dakota Ridge recreation area has given snow enthusiasts what they came for while creating a few challenges for Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) staff and volunteers.