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9% of metered SCRD properties use 38% of annual water: report

9% of metered SCRD properties use 38% of annual water: report

About 518 residences are using the most water
Driver in multi-vehicle collision on Lower Road distracted by spider

Driver in multi-vehicle collision on Lower Road distracted by spider

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for April 4 to 11: • On April 9, police attended a multi-vehicle incident on Lower Road near Maskell Road, Roberts Creek, after the driver of the first vehicle was distracted by a spider, lost control a
Confusion, concerns prompt review of Gibsons tree bylaw

Confusion, concerns prompt review of Gibsons tree bylaw

Gibsons’ six-month-old tree preservation bylaw has received plenty of attention from the community and now council wants to get more direct input as it considers amending the rules.
Reconciliation group launches move to revitalize shíshálh, Sechelt borders

Reconciliation group launches move to revitalize shíshálh, Sechelt borders

A stretch of pebbled shoreline and a roadway flecked with chain link fence dividing shíshálh and District of Sechelt lands could become sites for the community and beyond to walk a few steps down the path of reconciliation.
Snowpack measures slightly above average

Snowpack measures slightly above average

The snowpack on the Sunshine Coast is slightly above average this year, thanks to some colder-than-normal weather. The average snow-water equivalent at Chapman Lake is 140 centimetres, and the latest reading showed an equivalent of 168 cm.
Province seeks exemption to decriminalize drug possession

Province seeks exemption to decriminalize drug possession

Seven deaths connected to toxic drug supply reported on Sunshine Coast in 2020
Five Coast companies to receive fisheries funding

Five Coast companies to receive fisheries funding

Federal and provincial governments pitch in more than $6 million for 36 projects in B.C.
How do cats get coronavirus? The BCCDC needs your help examining transmission

How do cats get coronavirus? The BCCDC needs your help examining transmission

How do cats get coronavirus?
B.C. sets record for most COVID-19 hospitalizations: 397

B.C. sets record for most COVID-19 hospitalizations: 397

Health officials provided a daily record of 41,839 doses of vaccine to a record 41,804 new people.
Sunshine Coast residents sent off-Coast for vaccination

Sunshine Coast residents sent off-Coast for vaccination

Task force doctors urge residents to wait for opening at Sechelt clinic