Local News

On May 11, Sunshine Coast RCMP conducted a distracted driver and seatbelt operation in Gibsons that yielded nine seatbelt violations and 10 distracted driver (cell phone) violations.

Angela Nemeth, 43 and Beatrice Sorensen, 51, were confirmed today (Monday) as the victims of a fatal Sunday accident that occurred during a routine search and rescue training exercise in the Skookumchuck Narrows.

Two Halfmoon Bay Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) volunteers are dead after their rescue boat capsized near Egmont Sunday afternoon.

The cancellation of federal funding for a preparedness program "will make us a less resilient and more vulnerable community," warned the Sunshine Coast Regional District's (SCRD) emergency program co-ordinator Bill Elsner.

A May 17 special committee on cosmetic pesticides made a number of recommendations to promote their safe use in B.C., but fell short of imposing a province-wide ban.

A Chatelech Secondary School grad is touring battlefields, cemeteries and memorials from the First and Second World Wars as part of a 16-day battlefield study tour with the University of Ottawa and the Canadian Battlefield Foundation this week.

Confidence is growing amongst Coastal officials around the possibility that both the zero waste management and economic development plans could be completed this year.

Michel Brule was sentenced May 22 to 18 months in prison and three years of probation after pleading guilty to charges stemming from two Roberts Creek residential fires.

The B.C. Mayors' Caucus called upon the provincial and federal governments to help their communities deal with the challenges facing them, through a better use of resources.

The lab results came back negative for Grieg Seafood last week, after the presence of infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) was discovered at their Ahlstrom Point salmon farm during routine testing.