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Lawyers for eight Seawatch homeowners involved in lawsuits against the District of Sechelt, developer Concordia Seawatch and others were in court last week to challenge the covenant on the properties that was at the centre of a public dispute between

Sunshine Coast Tourism (SCT) says it’s waiving membership fees for 2020 as part of a package of “strategic measures that will lead to a sustainable, equitable and resilient tourism industry that serves all coastal communities.

It’s been a hot-button issue on the Sunshine Coast for four years, but the July 28 public hearing on zoning and Official Community Plan (OCP) amendments for the Silverstone long-term care facility in Sechelt ended up being relatively short and uncont

Sunshine Coast RCMP are investigating two incidents involving a blue laser being pointed at planes flying over the area of Thormanby Island. RCMP said that just before 11 p.m.

BC Ferries has issued its tips for long weekend travellers, and this year it includes a warning that “customers travelling without a booking on the Horseshoe Bay-Langdale and Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay routes should expect multiple sailing waits.

The Sunshine Coast has been experiencing sunny, warm weather this week but so far nothing to rival the record temperatures set during heat waves in 2009 and 2018.

Gibsons council has passed zoning amendments that will allow a cannabis production facility on a property at 1037 Venture Way in the town’s main industrial area. It’s the first production facility to get zoning under the town’s new cannabis policy.

Next year parents and caregivers will have access to 67 new child care spaces in Sechelt. The new facility will be located in the Sechelt Family Resource Centre at 5538 Shorncliffe Ave.

The Sechelt Fire Department says a hot lawnmower exhaust pipe caused a July 25 fire that destroyed a garage on Wakefield Road. Fire Chief Trevor Pike said the call came in around 6:30 p.m.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for July 14 to 27: On July 22, police attended a two-vehicle incident near Highway 101 at Roberts Creek Road, Roberts Creek, after the two vehicles appeared to have reversed out of opposing parking lots at t