Local News

Local eye-care professionals are fighting back against new legislation that would end a restriction that only opticians and optometrists can sell eyewear, and strip a requirement for British Columbians to visit an optometrist for an eye health exam b

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for April 6 to 13: Vandals damaged public washrooms located in the 5700 block of Dolphin Street sometime on April 5.

School District 46 (SD46) board voted Tuesday night to amalgamate Davis Bay Elementary School's Grade 6 and 7 populations into Kinnikinnick this fall, leaving Davis Bay as a K-5 school.

While work is being delayed on converting the Pender Harbour landfill to a transfer station, work to prepare a resource recovery facility for Area A is moving ahead.

The wicked storm that plunged thousands into darkness, knocked down trees and put Easter plans in peril also gave Coast Guard volunteers a run for their money on Friday, April 2.

Coast paramedics and union leadership are predicting that a Ministry of Labour decision to integrate paramedics into the health sector, splitting them into up to five bargaining units, will worsen an already serious recruitment and retention problem.

B.C.'s Finance Minister, Colin Hansen, introduced legislation last week that paves the way for the new 12 per cent harmonized sales tax (HST), expected to take effect July 1.

Thirty years ago the Pender Harbour Aquatic Facility first opened its doors to the public. Now, after an almost year-long closure for a $1.5 million renovation, the facility is having the finishing touches put on it.

A simmering crowd of nearly 100 Keats Island residents, property owners and their friends gathered Saturday afternoon, April 3, by a contentious stone revetment at the foot of a property on Maple Beach in the island's Eastbourne community.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for March 30 to April 1: A passerby reported a suspicious vehicle parked in the 200 block of Gower Point Road in Gibsons that was unlocked and had the motor running for more than 90 minutes.