Local News

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has hit local governments with an unexpected tab for $600,000 towards the renovation of the mental health unit at St. Mary's Hospital.

Sunshine Coast residents are being reminded to compost -not trash - their pumpkins after Halloween.

The fourth annual best practices in dealing with the federal government conference took place last Saturday in West Vancouver, bringing together representatives from West Vancouver, Squamish, Lions Bay, Bowen Island, Sechelt, and Powell River.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for this week: On the evening of Oct. 23, a thief stole Girl Guide cookie money from a public building in the 5800 block of Barnacle Street in Sechelt while the Guides were having a meeting.

Electric vehicle (EV) charging is now available in front of the Sechelt library/District of Sechelt office.

SideStix Ventures Inc. is up for another MISTIC Innovation Award, this time in the promising pre-commercial innovation category.

After undergoing heart surgery, travelling to the Lower Mainland for rehabilitation is exhausting, and until recently, it was the only option. Now, thanks to a special project spearheaded by St.

Capilano Highway Services recently completed work on improvements to a pullout at Trout Lake, making a wheelchair accessible dock easier to find and to access.

In an effort to make the Upper Gibsons commercial area more pedestrian-friendly and visually appealing, the town is looking at changing building height allowances and formalizing a ban on future drive-through restaurants.

Two elected officials from Powell River have told the Electoral Boundaries Commission of B.C. that they want the Lower and Upper Sunshine Coast to stay together in any reconfiguration of ridings.