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SCCS looks to raise $3M for women’s housing

SCCS looks to raise $3M for women’s housing

With unanimous support from the District of Sechelt, the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society (SCCS) is looking to tackle the next major hurdle as it moves ahead with its women’s affordable housing project: money.
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Coast’s first ‘mixed-income model’ rentals open to residents on May 1

Coast’s first ‘mixed-income model’ rentals open to residents on May 1

Three families will be moving into a small-scale affordable rental housing development in Gibsons over the weekend, marking the first “mixed-income model” housing project on the Sunshine Coast.
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UPDATED: BC Ferries Route 3 trial triggers outrage

UPDATED: BC Ferries Route 3 trial triggers outrage

SCRD endorses summer trial, asks BC Ferries to consider public feedback
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COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU occupancy hit new record levels in B.C.

COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU occupancy hit new record levels in B.C.

Five more people have died from the disease in the past day, raising B.C.'s death toll to 1,576
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. again rise to 500

COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. again rise to 500

No new COVID-19 deaths are known to have taken place in B.C. in the past day.
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UPDATED: Opposition mounts to keeping Sunshine Coast open to Lower Mainland visitors

UPDATED: Opposition mounts to keeping Sunshine Coast open to Lower Mainland visitors

Local politicians join residents in call for province to ban non-essential travellers
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Gibsons man charged with child pornography possession

Gibsons man charged with child pornography possession

Charges were approved by the BC Prosecution Services on Monday, April 26.
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Sechelt to add fines for derelict, wrecked and abandoned vehicles

Sechelt to add fines for derelict, wrecked and abandoned vehicles

A penalty of $100 would apply for the offence.
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B.C. records fewest new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period in more than a month

B.C. records fewest new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period in more than a month

17 more people have died from the disease in the past three days.
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Ferry traffic down over a third in Horseshoe Bay as travel restrictions take hold

Ferry traffic down over a third in Horseshoe Bay as travel restrictions take hold

Police say they are not conducting road checks for essential travel
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