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Free surgical masks are being distributed on the Sunshine Coast.

A coalition of small rural coastal and island communities are requesting provincial funding to support emergency services, including the Town of Gibsons. “I think it’s something we really do need to support,” said Coun. David Croal at a Feb.

Wisconsin-made 100-ft. aerial model a first in B.C.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District’s (SCRD) staff and board of directors say they plan a round of public online forums in late February and early March to help explain the regional district’s 2021 budget, which likely will bring considerable increa

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Jan. 29 to Feb. 8: On Feb.

Cover the Coast project launched to unite affordable housing stakeholders

Sunshine Coast RCMP have reached the next of kin of a man whose body was recovered from the waters of Sechelt Inlet on Monday, Feb. 8. The body of Peter William Koch, 63, was located by a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter at about 3 p.m.

A week after Groundhog Day winter descended on the Sunshine Coast. Environment Canada issued a weather statement for the lower Sunshine Coast Monday, Feb. 8 that lasted to at least Wednesday, Coast Reporter’s print deadline, as Arctic air over B.C.

Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers made it clear at a Feb. 3 regular council meeting that she wants to see a draft of a revamped zoning bylaw sooner than later. She acknowledged staff’s heavy workload before asking for a timeline.

District of Sechelt councillors had a first look at a draft policy at a Feb. 3 regular council meeting intended to create guidelines and forge a balance between developer and public input for naming roads in the municipality.