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Schools not at higher risk of COVID-19 than community transmission: study

Schools not at higher risk of COVID-19 than community transmission: study

Most students’ learning was impaired when they were shut out of school during the lockdown and transmission at schools is not any riskier than in the community at large, according to a BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) report.
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West Van man who shot, dismembered businessman sentenced to two more years four months in jail

West Van man who shot, dismembered businessman sentenced to two more years four months in jail

A West Vancouver man who fatally shot his wife’s cousin then chopped up the man’s body with a saw into over 100 pieces will spend another two years and four months in jail for his crimes. Li Zhao, 60, was handed the sentence in B.C.
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Three-way race in Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Three-way race in Powell River-Sunshine Coast

Elections BC confirms candidate list
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B.C. Ferries broke contract by laying off more than 1,000 union workers: arbitrator

B.C. Ferries broke contract by laying off more than 1,000 union workers: arbitrator

B.C. Ferry Services Inc. breached the collective agreement with its unionized employees when it temporarily laid off more than 1,000 workers in early April due to the pandemic, according to an arbitrator. It is now up to the B.C.
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Assessment shows housing is getting harder to find and harder to afford

Assessment shows housing is getting harder to find and harder to afford

A recently completed Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Sunshine Coast seems to confirm what many on the Coast already believe – housing is getting harder to find and harder to afford.
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Housing report expected to trigger new public hearing on STR bylaw

Housing report expected to trigger new public hearing on STR bylaw

A Coast-wide Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) is expected to trigger a new public hearing on the draft short-term rental (STR) bylaw in Gibsons.
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NDP, Liberals promise big investment in care homes, Greens want ‘shift away’ from for-profit

NDP, Liberals promise big investment in care homes, Greens want ‘shift away’ from for-profit

Future of long-term care a key local issue for Coast candidates
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Gibsons looks to end chlorination of Zone 1 and 2 water Oct. 16

Gibsons looks to end chlorination of Zone 1 and 2 water Oct. 16

The Town of Gibsons says it will scale back the level of chlorination for Zones 1 and 2 of its water system on Oct. 7, with an eye to ending it altogether on Oct. 16. In an update posted Oct.
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BC Supreme Court approves MEC’s sale to Kingswood Capital

BC Supreme Court approves MEC’s sale to Kingswood Capital

Members of the floundering co-operative retailer had attempted to block the company’s sale
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Coast Reporter Radio: Liberals and Greens name their candidates and Shell Dave retires

Coast Reporter Radio: Liberals and Greens name their candidates and Shell Dave retires

Podcast
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