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After serving the community since 1937, the Gibsons and District Volunteer Fire Department is putting out the call: more volunteers are needed.

Sunshine Coast RCMP took down a major marijuana grow operation, seizing 1,300 plants in Gibsons. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, RCMP executed a search warrant at a home in the Gibsons area.

That antique potbelly stove may be charming, but it's not doing much to heat your home or help the environment.

The Sunshine Coast Teacher's Association (SCTA) is encouraging Coast parents of Grade 4 and 7 students to withdraw their children from writing a province-wide assessment this month, which the Fraser Institute uses to rank schools.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are reminding the public about the risk involved in hitchhiking after a suspicious incident last Saturday night. According to police on Nov. 28 at 5:30 p.m.

With the money firmly in place, project leaders say the St. Mary's Hospital expansion continues to move forward. "Everybody talks about [how] St.

Despite some resistance from the community and its artists, the mural at the Pender Harbour Aquatic Centre has reached the end of its life.

In anticipation of a tough 2010 budget, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is cutting some programs and laying off staff now. The total cuts will result in about $620,000 in savings from the operating budget.

Sunshine Coast resident Donald Hensler, 82, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault. "Two separate [alleged] incidents and two separate victims," RCMP Cpl. Kris Josephson said when describing details on how the charges came about.

Getting across, turning left or even walking along Highway 101 at Roberts Creek Road is about to get easier and safer as the province has agreed to install a traffic light at the busy intersection.