Local News

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Aug. 3 to 10: A caller reported a possible truck rolled over on the side of the by-pass leading to the Langdale ferry terminal.

Well-known environmentalist, filmmaker and author Mike Poole died July 13 from complications of prostate cancer. Poole was 74. Poole was born in St. John, N.B. and came to the Sunshine Coast in 1943.

The Coastal Fire Centre campfire prohibition remains in place in anticipation of a return to hot dry conditions.

A presentation about the Jellyfish Project - a local project to raise awareness of the ocean's fragility, encourage consumers to buy only sustainable seafood and lobby for the use of biodegradable plastics that won't clog oceans and kill fish and sea

The federal riding represented in Ottawa by John Weston has received a proportionally larger share of the federal economic stimulus funding pie than most others in British Columbia, the Conservative member of Parliament pointed out in an interview la

Friends of Davie Bay Society filed a court challenge on Monday, July 26, in an attempt to force an environmental assessment of the proposed Texada South Quarry in Davie Bay.

Gibsons resident Sara Agnew is within striking distance of being a human pinball, spun around in a centrifuge and sent charging through an obstacle course over mud and water.

Some of the mystery surrounding the Sunshine Coast's visiting grey whale is being unveiled, thanks to the monitoring and record-keeping efforts of the Sargeant Bay Society.

After a series of meetings with community groups, proponents of Cottage Farm, a proposed mental health recovery community, say they are nearly ready to begin applying for rezoning permits on their West Howe Sound property.

Sechelt's Trail Bay may gain its long-anticipated day float as early as mid-August, according to District of Sechelt planning director Ray Parfitt. Parfitt said Delta's International Marine Floatation Systems Inc.