Local News

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Feb. 15 to 22: On the evening of Feb. 14, a male in a yellow slicker attended a residence in the 100 block of Swallow Road and stated he was from a utility company.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are looking for a person of interest after a suspicious incident in the A&W parking lot in Gibsons Friday, Sept. 18. RCMP say an unknown man was sitting in his vehicle and offered a bite of his hamburger to a five-year-old boy.

With dwindling numbers of chinook and coho salmon swimming around the Strait of Georgia, a group of anonymous donors are starting to question why.

VisionQuest's transition house on Pratt Road has been given the all-clear by Vancouver Coastal Health and the Office of Assisted Living Registrar to operate without having to be licensed by them.

The province is funding Capilano University's free tutoring program, as part of a $2.4 million investment in B.C. literacy programs.

Daniel Veniez said he's still not used to calling himself a politician, but he has a very clear idea of what he'd like to accomplish if elected member of Parliament. On Sunday, Sept.

Lights buzzing and film rolling, shooting for Universal Studios' The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud is nearing a wrap at its Gibsons' locations.

Sechelt's Royal Canadian Legion will celebrate its 75th anniversary next Friday, Sept. 25, with a public party featuring a local who's who. And 75 years, Legion president Dennis Johnson said, is a significant milestone for a B.C. Legion.

Conservation officers are continuing to field and investigate cougar reports, but they emphasize that while numbers are high this year, many of the sightings can't be confirmed.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for the week of Sept. 8 to 15 On Sept. 8, two thieves were caught stealing merchandise from a business in the 5500 block of Sunshine Coast Highway.