Local News

An entire stock of salmon at a fish farm in Culloden Point has now been culled following a confirmed outbreak of infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) virus. The area is located beyond Saltery Bay in Jervis Inlet.

The Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) launched a class action lawsuit against the government of Canada this week in an attempt to gain compensation for day scholars who attended residential schools.

Fundraising for the annual Cops for Cancer begins on Saturday with a unique event in Davis Bay. Riders from the Sunshine Coast RCMP will be at the Davis Bay seawall near the pier from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 18.

Just weeks before a new gate could be erected in order to save the site from unwanted visitors, vandals caused about $2,000 in damage on Dakota Ridge. Sometime between July 16 and Aug.

The bylaws that allow Target Marine Hatcheries to harvest sturgeon for caviar on-site are being challenged for a third time by Tillicum Bay resident Shirley Kuciuk, to the dismay of Sechelt Mayor John Henderson.

Locals and visitors got a taste of Shishalh culture in one of their most sacred spaces Aug. 9 when the Sechelt Indian Band opened their longhouse to the public for a traditional performance.

The alleged assault case against Sunshine Coast RCMP Cpl. Murray McNeil has been adjourned to Sept. 12 for an arraignment hearing.

An unusual coyote attack at Carola's Quilt Shop in Gibsons has conservation officers concerned. On Aug.

Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR), Station 12 Halfmoon Bay, was called into action twice over the recent long weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 4, at 12:40 p.m.

A three or four day period of hot weather is continuing over the south coast.