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Buildings gutted in Lower Gibsons blaze

A pile of burnt rubble is all that's left of several buildings in Lower Gibsons gutted by fire Friday afternoon. Just after 3 p.m.

Technical problems cause ferry delays, oil spill

Ferry passengers on the Horseshoe Bay to Langdale route saw service cut for approximately three hours in the middle of the day Friday, June 4 due to technical problems on the Queen of Coquitlam.

Chat students start gay-straight alliance

A group of students from Chatelech Secondary School have formed a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) to combat bullying, promote social justice, and to change the language in the school's hallways.

Body ID'ed as missing Halfmoon Bay man

The B.C. Coroners Service and Sunshine Coast RCMP have ruled out foul-play in the case of a body pulled from Trout Lake on the weekend after an autopsy has been completed.

HSPP seeking to change fuel source

Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) is in the midst of an application process with the Ministry of Environment (MOE) that could allow the company to add construction and demolition debris to the list of fuels it can burn to generate power.

Too many trailers in neighbourhood: residents

Residents in Gibsons' Creekside neighbourhood are all for affordable housing, but not the way they see it sprouting up around them.

Weekly police report

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for the week of May 25 to June 1: Around May 21, a thief stole a white rowboat from a waterfront property in the 5600 block of Osprey Street in Sechelt.

Body pulled from Trout Lake

Sunshine Coast RCMP and the integrated homicide investigation team (IHIT) are investigating after a body was pulled from Trout Lake on Saturday afternoon (May 29). Cpl.

Weston announces funding, visits Chamber, hosts Prentice

John Weston, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country member of Parliament, announced Sechelt Aquatic Centre funding, spoke at a lunch hosted by the Sechelt Chamber of Commerce and hosted Minister of Environment Jim Prentice's visit to the Co

Defence rests case in Howe trial

Legal defence for Linda Lorraine Howe, the woman accused in the March 31, 2009 shooting at Christ-enson Village, called its only witness before resting its case in Vancouver Supreme Court Tuesday.