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Unit tasked six times in two weeks

Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Pacific - Unit 12 Halfmoon Bay has had a busy couple of weeks responding to six separate incidents. At 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug.

Bonfire flames again

Organizer Keith Duggan is happy that this year's Bonfire Music Festival, the music and celebration event in Pender Harbour, is taking place at all. Last year's heavy rain and lack of audience nearly choked chances for a fourth annual festival.

A neighbourhood with integrity

Neighbours on their knees in prayer, winds that suddenly switched directions saving other homes and aiding firefighters' efforts and the victim declaring, "God said, 'Clean it up.

Support for owners on the horizon

Unique challenges face business owners, and sometimes the only people who understand that are other business owners.

Garage fire deemed suspicious

The suspicious fire total now stands at 18. The latest suspected arson took place in Gibsons on Thursday night, July 31, when Gibsons firefighters and Sunshine Coast RCMP responded to a structure fire in the 600 block of Seaview Lane just after 11 p.

FAC reps call for strategy session with Falcon

The chairs of the coast's 12 Ferry Advisory Committees (FAC) are asking Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon to meet with them to work on a strategy for the long-term sustainability of ferry service to their communities as substantial fuel surcharges

Carpentry students work with Habitat for Humanity

The Seaside Centre, a place built by volunteer master craftsmen from the Timber Framers Guild, was the location for a special graduation last month.

Sechelt council defends actions

The District of Sechelt (DOS) wants its citizens to know they chose to save them money rather than tackle a legal challenge they felt had little merit.

Officer unhurt after hit by vehicle

A Sunshine Coast man is facing numerous criminal charges including assault with a weapon after an incident in Sechelt early Sunday morning.

Fence going up as Rock report completed

The recent rainfall won't mean an end to tree removal and work to install a fence around half the perimeter of the tinder-dry Gospel Rock neighbourhood in Gibsons.