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Watch: Video of 2009 tugboat capsizing on Skookumchuck resurfaces on TikTok

Watch: Video of 2009 tugboat capsizing on Skookumchuck resurfaces on TikTok

It may have been more than a decade ago that a tugboat flipped on Skookumchuck Narrows, but a video showing the blink-and-miss-it incident has recently been introduced to a new audience: the TikTok app.
That was shady: Man steals $15K in sunglasses from B.C. shop

That was shady: Man steals $15K in sunglasses from B.C. shop

Thief who broke into an optical store in Gibsons just after 4:30 a.m. June 1, grabbed approximately $15,000 worth of sunglasses.
Gibsons’s Pride flag still flying, despite threats

Gibsons’s Pride flag still flying, despite threats

As June's Pride Month celebrations are under way, Mayor Bill Beamish addressed the threats to the flag, Town staff and public art during a council meeting on June 7.
Talking on water: SCRD checks in on drinking water projects

Talking on water: SCRD checks in on drinking water projects

Out for public consideration until the end of of this month is a ten-page document that reviews the current situation with the water systems managed by the SCRD.
Gibsons has enough water capacity to support double its population: Study

Gibsons has enough water capacity to support double its population: Study

Updated modelling says Gibson’s aquifer has the capacity to serve the Town if its population doubles to 10,000, according to a report released June 7.
First reading for Stonehurst bylaws set for June 21

First reading for Stonehurst bylaws set for June 21

The Stonehurst proposal will be considered for first reading at Gibsons next council meeting – but no community amenity contributions coming forward yet
Meet the Coast resident helping spark the protection of sharks

Meet the Coast resident helping spark the protection of sharks

Gibsons's Lana Brandt is the first executive director of Rob Stewart Sharkwater Foundation — and she starts this World Oceans Day
Two highly invasive green crabs found on the Sunshine Coast in May

Two highly invasive green crabs found on the Sunshine Coast in May

Two new captures of European green crabs, an invasive species for B.C.’s coastal waters, were recorded by the Loon Foundation in May 2022.
Sechelt pilot takes off on cross-country fundraising expedition

Sechelt pilot takes off on cross-country fundraising expedition

Steve Drinkwater is flying across Canada to raise support — and hopefully $1 million — for Hope Air, a program that transports patients from rural areas to medical care and back 
Someone stole 400 doughnuts on the Sunshine Coast: Police report

Someone stole 400 doughnuts on the Sunshine Coast: Police report

Fraud, impaired driving, and multiple pairs of sunglasses stolen from Gibsons: Police briefs for the week of May 31 to June 6.