Local News

How much do Sunshine Coast residents shop off-Coast, and how is that affecting our local economy? The answer, it turns out, is much less than previously thought.

Calgary-based BURNCO Rock Products Ltd., a ready-mix concrete company, is proposing to build a sand and gravel mine in McNab Valley, west of Port Mellon.

As School District No. 46 (SD46)'s declining enrolment starts to seriously hit Coast high schools, resulting in teaching positions being cut, district teachers and students are in the midst of an emotional, seniority-based teacher placement process.

The Sunshine Coast Community Foundation (SCCF) is taking a leadership role in bringing together stakeholders in young adult employment, a crucial area identified in last October's Vital Signs report.

Long time resident and past mayor of Gibsons, Eric Small, has died. Small, who battled several health challenges in the past few years, was 77. Small worked for the Bank of Montreal in increasingly important roles for 37 years.

The New Democrats (NDP) are looking for a new federal candidate for the riding of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country with the resignation of Bill Forst on Tuesday morning (May 18).

Crown prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of Linda Lorraine Howe after hearing dramatic testimony from Sunshine Coast RCMP officers on the scene at the March 31, 2009 shooting at Christienson Village.

Some residents living near Sechelt's Ebbtide sewage treatment plant are lobbying for the District of Sechelt to fix a recurring subterranean rumble and rotten-egg stink.

Sechelt's Lighthouse Pub management is looking to expand pub operations into the current Magellan's Tapas on the Bay restaurant space, in a bid to make the restaurant space financially viable.

Imagine if Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP), the Sunshine Coast's largest private employer, were to close its doors and lay off its staff and the effects that would have on employment, the Coast economy, property values and taxes.