Local News

The BC Transit Independent Review Panel's report was released Aug. 14. An independent panel held 25 meetings with 40 local governments across the province, before making a list of 18 recommendations to improve community transit in B.C.

The Coastal Fire Centre is warning to be careful after crews had to respond to a campfire related blaze on Keats Island, Aug. 21. An initial attack crew and helicopter responded to the blaze at about 9 a.m., Tuesday.

Only about a week remains until kids are back in school and School District No. 46 (SD46) staff have been working all summer to ensure schools are ready for the big day.

A residents' group is forming to make sure their views are known about a possible big box development off Field Road in Wilson Creek.

One resident wants to remind people to clean up their beach fires after she says her dog was given second-degree burns when it walked over unattended hot coals.

Blake and Jonni Gray of Roberts Creek were headed to Portland Aug. 22 with plans to meet with their lawyer and begin stirring the pot to get Oregon's traffic laws out of the dark ages.

Talk of package sewage treatment plants and urban containment areas dominated discussion about the proposed Eden Bay Estates development during the Aug. 15 regular council meeting in Sechelt.

Conservation officers on the Sunshine Coast are urging residents to highlight any black mesh netting on their properties in order to save deer from getting tangled up in the plastic. On Aug.

The Sechelt Indian Band (SIB) has been busy answering queries from other First Nations groups wanting to know more about the class action lawsuit they filed in Supreme Court last week.

Some residents in the Pender Harbour area are steaming after a handful of aging asphalt roads were chip-sealed, a cost-saving alternative to fresh paving.