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The Town of Gibsons is one step closer to having an overarching plan to govern development in and around the harbour. The planning committee and council voted July 27 to select Matrix Architecture and Planning Inc.

Two people were taken to hospital early Saturday night, Aug. 1 after sustaining minor burns after hot oil spilled from an outdoor fryer.

A medical emergency aboard the 4:30 p.m. Aug. 1 sailing aboard the Queen of Surrey put the rest of the Saturday schedule way behind.

The wildfire risk across the province has reached a critical level due to continued hot and dry weather, and British Columbians are being asked to voluntarily restrict back country activities.

For the ninth year running, the Fraser Blues formation demonstration team caused jaws to drop at this year's Sea Cavalcade. But this year, there was a difference.

Doctors and patients on the Sunshine Coast will soon have access to a brand new tool to help speed up diagnoses and care with a system called Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).

With hot, dry weather and demand for water outpacing supply, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has upgraded its drought management plan to stage two, meaning heightened restrictions on outdoor water use.

Residents of Roberts Creek, 400 of them at last count, are asking the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) for a stoplight at the intersection of Highway 101 and Roberts Creek Road.

A forest fire near the Malaspina hydro substation smoked out the Coast from Garden Bay to Sechelt on Wednesday.

Small craft harbours from Gibsons to Lund are set for some fixing up after an announcement of close to $3.8 million in funds from the federal government.