Local News

The Town of Gibsons harbour plan is under way with no shortage of public involvement at the first public meeting Sept. 24. "It was excellent. We had over 200 people show up," said Chris Marshall, director of planning.

The federal government is providing more than $700,000 for the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society (SCBGS) to put in a new building and develop infrastructure around its new garden in West Sechelt.

Heightened airspace security during the 2010 Winter Olympics, which will re-route Vancouver-bound Sechelt float plane traffic through Nanaimo, is poised to hurt local flight operators.

Drastic cuts to gaming grants for local Special Olympics mean Sunshine Coast teams won't have the travel budget they need to compete.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are expressing concerns over the latest party they were called to involving youth and underage drinking. On Thursday night, Sept. 24, police received a noise complaint coming from a house party on Fitchett Road near Gibsons.

Closing the Pender Harbour landfill and converting it to a transfer station seems inevitable, as almost every director on the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) board has said they will vote to close the dump.

Pan Pacific Aggregates' (PPA) Mission Hill project has caused a stir not only in Sechelt, but also across the pond in the United Kingdom.

Two people were airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital and Highway 101 was closed for a short time after a single car accident near Trout Lake Road, Thursday, Oct. 1.

With bears trying to bulk up for winter, conservation officers are asking Coasters to pick their fruit, clean their barbecues, and contain their garbage and other bear attractants.

The CUPE 873 bargaining team is taking the government's latest "settlement offer" to members across the province. Ambulance Paramedics of BC president John Strohmaier announced the tour on Tuesday, Sept. 29.