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New B.C. housing laws will set housing targets for municipalities, lift strata rental restrictions

New B.C. housing laws will set housing targets for municipalities, lift strata rental restrictions

Premier David Eby's proposed measures include laws that could order fast-growing municipalities to meet housing supply targets and end rental restrictions based on age or type of building. 
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Dead whales continue to wash up on B.C. beaches

Dead whales continue to wash up on B.C. beaches

Fishery officers are taking samples, photographs and measurements of another dead humpback whale.
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Letter: Plant trees, dig ponds and overcome this too

Letter: Plant trees, dig ponds and overcome this too

'The authorities aren’t looking out for the Earth. We citizens have to do that. After three years studying the psychology of climate change, I was thoroughly dismayed. However, I was also heartened by all the students around me, and all the people fighting alongside us.'
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Roberts Creek MMA fighter competing at Madison Square Garden Friday

Roberts Creek MMA fighter competing at Madison Square Garden Friday

Sunshine Coast's Julia Budd faces former UFC athlete Aspen Ladd in a women’s featherweight bout on Nov. 25 at Madison Square Garden
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Building new approaches to food security on the Sunshine Coast: Upcoming talk

Building new approaches to food security on the Sunshine Coast: Upcoming talk

Community Services is hosting a Dec. 6 talk about future directions for more diverse food programming
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Deck the Halls Artisan Fair brings holiday cheer to Sechelt

Deck the Halls Artisan Fair brings holiday cheer to Sechelt

Holiday cheer spilled out of the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre and Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre during the weekend’s Deck the Halls Artisan Fair.
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Letters: What’s missing on the Coast this year? Our vital fungi

Letters: What’s missing on the Coast this year? Our vital fungi

'That is to say, where I usually see variety and abundance of fungi equivalent to marine life in the Great Barrier Reef, I can count on one hand the varieties I’ve spotted to mid-November.'
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Seasoned folk artist Kristina Olsen savours small audiences & is stopping by Gibsons

Seasoned folk artist Kristina Olsen savours small audiences & is stopping by Gibsons

World-traveling folk musician Kristina Olsen performs live and via Zoom from the Gibsons and District Public Library at 2 p.m. on Nov. 26.
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Hundreds of dolphins captured frolicking alongside B.C. Ferries vessel

Hundreds of dolphins captured frolicking alongside B.C. Ferries vessel

Simone Thom happened to be looking out to sea when the pod appeared and quickly began taking a video. She estimates there were about 200 dolphins bounding through the waves together.
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Living with Dying screening is Sunday

Living with Dying screening is Sunday

Breaking through our death-phobic culture: There's an in-person screening of the video series, Living with Dying, on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. at St Hilda’s Anglican Church in Sechelt
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