Local News

Funding pressures have forced the Community Resource Centre (CRC) to reduce its hours to an appointment-only model over the summer, and to shut down its popular computer lab for the foreseeable future.

The Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) and the Hidden Groves Legacy Committee (HGLC) are working together to save paradise and put up a parking lot.

The owner of the waterfront block of property on Gospel Rock has shown some interest in selling the lot to the Town of Gibsons for environmental protection, but the land may come with a $4 million price tag.

The Islands Trust has told property owners who built a contentious stone beach wall on Keats Island in February to remove or legalize the structure by August or face legal action.

The results of the Sunshine Coast Regional District's (SCRD) survey on recycling are in, and it seems the vast majority of residents in the rural areas are satisfied with the SCRD's current depot service, but still, a majority would like to see curbs

Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) will soon have new owners. On Thursday, July 15, the Coast's largest employer announced that HSPP and its owners, Canfor and Oji Paper Co. Ltd.

The way local government elections are conducted will have an overhaul before the next round of elections in 2011, Community and Rural Development Minister Ben Stewart has announced.

The North Shore Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) has filled 107 summer job vacancies over the past two months in North Vancouver. And its services extend to the Sunshine Coast as well.

From now until Dec. 31, BC Transit and the Sunshine Coast Transit System are piloting a family travel program for residents of Sunshine Coast.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are asking for the public's help in identifying three male suspects believed responsible for several vehicle break-ins in Gibsons. On July 9 between midnight and 2 a.m.