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Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue and a helicopter crew from the 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron in Comox were called out Feb.

This is the second of a two-part series on access to health care services for sexual assault victims on the Sunshine Coast and B.C. as a whole.

Organizers of the upcoming homeless count are still looking to fill volunteer positions. This year’s count takes place March 6 in Gibsons, Roberts Creek and Sechelt, and training for volunteers starts Feb. 19.

These are the largest ICBC reforms made in more than four decades

Artisan Spirits Competition

Matea Johnson holds the homemade barometer she made for a first-of-its-kind science fair at Elphinstone Secondary School. The gymnasium was humming with more than 90 Grade 8 and Grade 4 students presenting their science projects on Friday, Feb. 7.

The request by shíshálh Nation for the province to change the official names of Wilson Creek, Madeira Park and Saltery Bay to the original she shashishalhem names met with some early and predictable resistance from up Pender Harbour way.

Two-year pilot program will allow a maximum of 10 vehicles to travel to Vancouver Island

The state of local emergency, evacuation order and alert affecting an area of Roberts Creek has been extended to Feb. 23.

Adds equivalent of 15 full-time positions