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Six months after B.C.'s new distracted driving law has been in place, a newly-release survey from the British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) suggests most drivers are no longer using hand-held phones.

An employment program for at-risk youth, which provides both job training and after-hours support to address instability in youths' home life, is poised to come to the Coast, if the community funding partners can be located.

Famed author George Orwell once wrote: "If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out." Organizers of this year's Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (FOWA) are applying the same principle to the waste a writers' festival produces.

Effective at noon today (Friday) all open burning, including campfires and fireworks have been banned across the Coastal Fire Centre. (Sea Cavalcade fireworks will not be affected by this ban.

Sechelt council is inviting residents to a public workshop in early September to help identify the best option for a future local road to connect West Sechelt to the downtown core.

After an intense two-day design charette, the technical design team (TDT) for the Pender Harbour resource recovery facility has put in place the "broad strokes" for what the facility should be and how it should work.

The process for the proposed aggregate mine and loading facility near McNab Creek to the east of Port Mellon is creeping forward as the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) passed a series of resolutions in anticipation of rezoning requests.

Giant hogweed, a dangerous plant that can burn the skin and even cause blindness, has been reported on the Coast. "Some people grow it; they think it's wonderful," said John Miller, parks supervisor for the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD).

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for July 13 to 20: Sometime overnight on July 12 and 13, vandals hit the public washrooms located near Sinku Drive and Wharf Road.

Vehicle break-ins are on the rise and there appears to be no end in sight as Sunshine Coast RCMP step up patrols and their investigations.