Local News

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.

Last week's (July 24) front page story "Gibsons to annex 11 Elphinstone properties" incorrectly stated that B&K Soils and Landscape Supply was one of the 11 businesses in the proposed Town of Gibsons boundary expansion.

The 41st annual Sea Cavalcade has drawn to a close under clear blue and sizzling skies, but with an uncertain future. Lead organizers Barrie Custance and Conchita Harding have decided to step down, but so far, no one else is offering to take over.

Sunshine Coast RCMP would like to thank the public with assisting in the location of Richard Walter McPherson. McPherson was reported missing from his residence since Friday, July 24.

Four men were thrown into Skookumchuck Narrows on Sunday afternoon, July 19, when the 13-metre tugboat they were on suddenly flipped.

Striking ambulance paramedics are launching a campaign next week to draw attention to the critical condition of B.C.'s ambulance service and to enlist support from members of the legislative assembly (MLA).

A 46-metre road allowance will be paved with speed humps (not bumps) to allow emergency vehicles and other traffic an alternate route in Davis Bay.