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The helicopter that landed in Gibsons Thursday night was responding to a woman who had fallen from a second-storey window.

Also, Wooden Boat Show is Aug. 2-4, Gunboat Bay Blues is Aug.10

The summertime Music in the Landing series on the Gibsons waterfront continues this weekend with performances on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, July 19, the Old Stogies will perform at the gazebo on the dock.

Naturalists/artists continue welcoming massive mammals back to Salish Sea

shíshálh Nation celebrates the opening of its state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility

Elphinstone resident Michael Master was trying to move a bear away from his neighbourhood, when people started showing up to take photos with their phones, hindering his attempts.

Flows from Gray Creek, which at points in past years have contributed 10 to 15 per cent of Chapman system water, not online, as Vancouver Coastal Health recently introduced a requirement that a water quality advisory be issued before the SCRD puts that creek’s supply into use.

SCRD committee recommended further staff analysis, with a report provided on approaches to Board before the end of 2024, despite town Chief Administrative Officer Emanuel Machado’s statement that the adjustments “could be implemented in eight to 12 months”.

Fifty five members of the public in the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s boardroom and 71 online participants were counted by staff as attendees at a July 16 Public Hearing. There were also over 300 pieces of written comments submitted.

Fire is thought to have ignited through natural processes