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A Gibsons woman was scammed for thousands of dollars in what Sunshine Coast RCMP are calling “an elaborate variation on the popular ‘mystery shopper’ fraud.

The family of a Gibsons man who’s been missing since 2016 is appealing to people with information to come forward. Dane Stanway, 27, was reported missing from his home on Gilmour Road in Gibsons on May 12, 2016.

BC Ferries is planning a virtual meeting Nov. 25 to give Sunshine Coast residents their first look at what the working group formed earlier this fall has come up with.

As COVID-19 cases in the province spike, Premier John Horgan said Wednesday that non-essential travel is prohibited in B.C. for the next two weeks at least. “If you don’t need to travel, don’t travel,” said Horgan.

Southeast winds of 60 to 80 km/h developed overnight Monday as a strong Pacific low swept through the south coast Nov. 17, cutting power to homes on the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Nov. 9 to 16: On Nov. 16, a resident in the 1500 block of Thompson Road, Langdale, reported that a persistent bear was in the yard despite attempts to scare it off with an air horn.

Service groups and volunteers are installing a memorial rock wall as part of an ongoing volunteer-driven refurbishment project for Pender Harbour’s only active cemetery.

The short-term rental (STR) bylaw that’s been sitting at second reading in Gibsons is going back to the planning and development committee as a process one councillor described as “painful” continues. At its Nov.

Councillors in Gibsons say they’re open to reviewing the Town’s fireworks bylaw, but it’s not a top priority. Coun. Annemarie De Andrade brought the motion for a review forward at the Nov.

More than 1,500 BC Hydro customers from Sechelt to Earls Cove were knocked off the grid as a storm system bringing strong winds moved down the coast Tuesday morning. As of 1 p.m. crews were still working to restore power.