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Town extends budget community survey

Town extends budget community survey

The Town of Gibsons has extended its community survey to gather input on the upcoming budget. Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish announced the extension at a Jan.
SC COVID Physician Task Force Community Update 42: Jan. 11

SC COVID Physician Task Force Community Update 42: Jan. 11

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: The new year has brought some good news, as we have seen our local case numbers (people with symptoms who test positive for COVID-19) drop from an average of two per day in early December to less than one case pe
UPDATED: VCH anticipates mid-week rollout for vaccinations on Sunshine Coast

UPDATED: VCH anticipates mid-week rollout for vaccinations on Sunshine Coast

Latest COVID case counts drop after sharp rise in first half of December
‘Dody’ Grant hits a century

‘Dody’ Grant hits a century

Winnipeg-born Doreen (Dody) Grant has lived on the Sunshine Coast since the 1980s, first in Davis Bay and as of about 15 years ago, in Gibsons. On Jan.
Serial Surrey thief arrested in Gibsons, drugs, property seized

Serial Surrey thief arrested in Gibsons, drugs, property seized

Drugs and $20,000 worth of property have been sized and a Surrey man is in custody following an arrest of a suspicious male at a Gibsons construction site. The arrest occurred Thursdaynight after RCMP responded to an 11 p.m.
Town issues stop work order at Gospel Rock over possible tree removal

Town issues stop work order at Gospel Rock over possible tree removal

A stop work order has been issued to Greenlane Homes after at least one tree in a protected buffer zone at the Gospel Rock development lands may have been removed, and two in a conservation area damaged.
First baby of the year

First baby of the year

Baby Ruairí Singh Dhillon entered the world at Sechelt Hospital at 10:06 a.m. Jan. 4, making him the first baby of 2021 born on the Sunshine Coast. The 3.8-kilogram (8 lb. 6 oz.) infant measured 52 centimetres and was due Jan. 12.
UPDATED: Langdale bypass open after roadwork

UPDATED: Langdale bypass open after roadwork

Drivers can access the Langdale bypass now that work to replace a culvert has finished. The section of Highway 101 west of Langdale between Marine Drive and Stewart Road reopened Saturday, Jan. 9 at 3:30 p.m., according to Capilano Highway Services.
Man dead from apparent drowning at Ruby Lake

Man dead from apparent drowning at Ruby Lake

A 22-year-old man was found dead in Ruby Lake in the early morning of Jan. 2. Sunshine Coast RCMP were called at about 1 a.m. on Jan.
Residential properties on Coast see modest rise in assessment

Residential properties on Coast see modest rise in assessment

Assessed values for residential properties on the Sunshine Coast saw modest increases in 2020 compared with 2019, in line with the overall trend on the Lower Mainland.