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Sunshine Coast RCMP say a man is facing charges under the motor vehicle act after a single-vehicle accident on Highway 101 near Curran Road in Halfmoon Bay. The crash happened around 12:30 p.m.

It’s been at least 20 years since drywall was buried at the Sechelt dump and the stuff has been deteriorating into a ‘paste-like substance’ that is now blamed for a series of sinkholes in need of a pricey solution.

Water could be flowing from the Gibsons aquifer to homes and businesses in Upper Gibsons in about a month’s time, according to the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s (SCRD) infrastructure manager.

Stage 2 water restrictions didn’t take effect in mid-June as predicted earlier by Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) staff thanks to cooler and rainier weather.

The provincial government is providing $180,000 in additional payments to BC Ferries in order to get the company to resume sailings that had been cut from the Earls Cove-Saltery Bay route and 10 other minor routes earlier this week.

The Coastal Fire Centre says as of noon June 19, all types of open fires will again be allowed in the Fire Centre’s zone.

A week after saying he “absolutely understands the anxiety” of ferry-dependent communities around pandemic-related cuts at BC Ferries and vowing the government was working “to protect as many routes as we possibly can,” Premier John Horgan said “ther

People who use drugs on the Sunshine Coast are being urged not to use alone as the region grapples with a spike in overdoses.

A virtual public meeting has been scheduled by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) for June 25 to review cutblocks planned for the Egmont area.