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Unwilling to comment on what water source his company uses, Mike Carter of Central Coast Concrete said no local concrete companies use SCRD drinking water for concrete production. Water used at Lehigh's Sechelt mine comes directly from groundwater wells on site.

Coast residents will be able to recycle large household appliances for free at the Pender Harbour solid waste transfer station and Sechelt landfill as of Nov. 1. Gibsons Recycling Depot has been offing this service on the Coast since May of last year. 

Amid ongoing high temperatures and drought, Streamkeepers are logging temperatures in Sunshine Coast creeks. Salmon will quickly die off in water that is too warm.

Two of the area’s organic farms talk water supply and potential solutions as their crops continue to grow

States of local emergency in effect in Sunshine Coast Regional District, District of Sechelt and shíshálh Nation due to drought

'The declarations are not because there is an imminent threat, they are because we see a threat coming. The threat is that if we don’t act now we might have an issue in two to three weeks and that is what we want to prevent,' says SCRD manager of infrastructure services, Remko Rosenboom.

Pair needed to be airlifted and taken to hospital after eating inedible mushrooms

Sherry Yoon is the sole nominee from B.C. for the national Siminovitch Prize. The artistic director of Vancouver’s Boca Del Lupo theatre company has also worked as a freelance director with organizations like Bard on the Beach and National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

B.C.'s rent supplement program meant to avoid homelessness will provide $600 a month to youth transitioning from government care to their first house.