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Transportation Minister Claire Trevena has asked ministry staff to conduct a new speed survey along the portion of Highway 101 between the Gibsons town boundary and the Woodcreek Park neighbourhood in Elphinstone.

The Sunshine Coast Electric Vehicle Association (SCEVA) held the First Annual Sunshine Coast EV Count on July 27.

More money is going towards locating and protecting northern goshawk breeding grounds on the Sunshine Coast. Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF), a B.C.-based conservation non-profit, and the Forest Enhancement Society of B.C.

The Town of Gibsons is looking for voter approval for another major infrastructure loan. At its July 30 meeting, council authorized an Alternative Approval Process (APP) for borrowing of up to $3.

A 28-foot Bayliner pleasure craft caught fire at Plumper Cove on Keats Island on Tuesday afternoon, with no passengers onboard.

Shíshálh Chief Warren Paull speaks at the funeral for Stan Dixon. The former chief and shíshálh elder was laid to rest July 27 following a ceremony at the shíshálh Nation longhouse attended by nearly 300 people.

The 2019 version of the mandala at Roberts Creek Pier has been completed. Among the dozens of volunteers who contributed painting time to this year's effort are Anna Schuhbauer, here with daughter Zia, 2.

Gibsons Public Market

Sunshine Coast RCMP say a heavy police presence on Gambier Island July 28 and 29 was due to a search for a lost party-goer.

Updated July 31: Three passengers walked away without injuries after the float plane they were in crashed in the ocean west of Davis Bay early Tuesday afternoon. The privately owned Beaver float plane was shuttling between Vancouver and Ruby Lake.