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Bird and animal contact account for seven per cent of power outages across the province, says BC Hydro spokesperson.

A trio of Sunshine Coast residents were among more than 220 people who took part in the Pulling Together Canoe Journey 2025. This year’s journey began at Tsawout First Nation on July 6 and concluded in Cowichan Territory on July 13.

Town invites residents to help shape growth, housing, and land use through summer outreach

A book released last month exploring the history of the extinct Coast Salish Woolly Dog — whose wool-like hair was a longtime mainstay of Coast Salish weaving traditions — is simultaneously a real-life mystery story and a new approach to the literature of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous storytellers.

One of the Sunshine Coast's most versatile artists has released a new album of music shaped by the bossa nova beats of renowned Brazilian-born virtuoso Celso Machado.

An annual wilderness concert series — which this weekend will launch its fourth summer of performances — has become one of the Living Forest Institute's longest-lived outreach initiatives.

The regional district's committee call was for the board to advise B.C. Timber Sales that “the SCRD does not support" logging in and near community drinking watersheds.

Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 14 (RCMSAR) held an open house at Gibsons Public Dock on July 19. Members gave tours of the rescue boat, demonstrated equipment, and offered treats and activities for children. For more information or to volunteer, see www.rcmsar14.ca/

Free outdoor weekend music concerts continue this weekend with events in Gibsons, Sechelt and Roberts Creek.

Here's what mitigation measures have been put into place