Local News

JULY • Sunshine Coast RCMP reopened their front counters to the public in both Gibsons and Sechelt.

SEPTEMBER • For the first time since she started giving regular reports on the COVID-19 pandemic, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry released data on cases broken down by local health area, showing seven cases in the Sunshine Coast area.

NOVEMBER • Isobel Mackenzie, B.C.’s seniors advocate, presented the Staying Apart to Stay Safe survey report on Nov. 3.

A Gibsons man has been charged with second-degree murder after his mother was found dead in her home on Sargent Road. RCMP discovered the body of Moirin Gladys Webster in a residence in the 500-block of Sargent Road at 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, Dec.

Three house cats are still missing after a Dec. 20 fire destroyed a home on Hazelnut Lane in Wilson Creek. The three cats, last seen on the property before the fire, include Banshee, a three-year-old 10-kilogram (23 lb.

Indigenous literary and cultural studies scholar and creative writer Daniel Heath Justice has been appointed Officer of the Order of Canada. His and 60 new appointments were announced Dec. 30 by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette.

Days before Christmas a scene unfolded in Howe Sound that “was quite dramatic, like a movie,” said Kelly Kurik, 58, who is still coming to terms with the real-life ordeal.

The non-profit destination marketing organization for the upper and lower Sunshine Coast is looking to change how membership works in 2021.

The image of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction was taken at closest approach on Dec. 21 by Damian Peach, a very accomplished British amateur astronomer.

The SCRD is considering the purchase and testing of a high-tech device called a leak correlator, which uses microphones to identify leaks in watermains.