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Rotary Club distributes more than 1,300 Valentines to Coast healthcare workers

Rotary Club distributes more than 1,300 Valentines to Coast healthcare workers

'Valentine’s Day is not just about flowers and romantic cards, it’s about compassion, respect and honour for our friends and fellow human beings. All the qualities shown by the Sunshine Coast healthcare workers.'
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'Hero' puppy dies after warning B.C. couple of house fire

'Hero' puppy dies after warning B.C. couple of house fire

Nina Rose and Allan Lawrence escaped an early morning Sechelt fire with two of their dogs, their cat and their lives. Their two puppies, however, perished in the fire. Now, the couple is left with their grief and the task of rebuilding their lives.
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SCRD asks to keep Chapman water system siphons to 2025

SCRD asks to keep Chapman water system siphons to 2025

'It is possible, depending on weather patterns and drought conditions, that the SCRD will still require the siphon systems as an emergency water source in 2023,' an SCRD staff report notes.
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'Before Stage 2': New target date for Church Road water supply

'Before Stage 2': New target date for Church Road water supply

“Before summer, and specifically before Stage 2 water conservation regulations that will be put in place once the SCRD begins relying on stored water in its reservoirs (Chapman and Edwards Lake)” is the new target.
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Long underwear and lot of luck: SAR saves man in Sechelt Inlet

Long underwear and lot of luck: SAR saves man in Sechelt Inlet

'Not the outcome I was anticipating': Elated rescuers find man who spent the night on Poise Island after swimming to shore from his swamped boat. He was hypothermic, but alive.
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Letters: Water and housing are both in crisis and run independent of one another

Letters: Water and housing are both in crisis and run independent of one another

'Sechelt needs to be more receptive to new developers interested in building quality, multi-family accommodation and not create expensive and time-consuming road blocks, which cause them to take the next ferry home. Local developers have similarly been absent these past four or more years with few, if any, multi-family projects having broken ground during this time.'
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Monday evening Sunshine Coast ferry schedule changes because of weather

Monday evening Sunshine Coast ferry schedule changes because of weather

Commuters face some schedule changes for return voyages Monday evening as strong winds are predicted for B.C.'s south coast.
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Letters: We don’t need more housing for speculators on the Sunshine Coast

Letters: We don’t need more housing for speculators on the Sunshine Coast

'What we really need, is housing for our essential workers. Six-bedroom houses don’t fit the bill unless we are expecting our essential workers to pile into a six-bedroom house and share a kitchen.'
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Writers and artists matched up for second annual Art and Words Festival

Writers and artists matched up for second annual Art and Words Festival

Fifteen writers were matched with an equal number of artists at a recent event. Each partnership will collaborate to prepare works for presentation at this year’s Art and Words event, which runs Aug. 10 to 13 at the Public Market. 
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Touring soloist Stephan LaCasse animates the blues at Run with Soup

Touring soloist Stephan LaCasse animates the blues at Run with Soup

At an appearance on Monday at Sechelt’s Run With Soup café, LaCasse also demonstrated Pied Piper-like powers. He started his midday set playing to diners numbered in the single digits. By the end of the two-hour concert, fans had filled every seat. LaCasse’s will perform next at the Gibsons Legion on Feb. 25, with admission payable by donation to the Legion or with a non-perishable contribution to the food bank.
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