Local News

Work on a BC Hydro right-of-way in Roberts Creek sparked a brush fire April 27. The Roberts Creek Fire Department was alerted at 1:08 p.m. by a 911 call from a contractor who’d been clearing brush for the utility.

As of last Thursday, it’s no longer just the mayors of the Sunshine Coast who are expected to choose alternative transportation this May.

Sechelt council is expected to move forward with increases to several of the front-counter fees charged for items like zoning maps or criminal record checks from local RCMP, but it has rejected the idea of charging people for printed copies of meetin

A lake about eight kilometres northwest of Sechelt known for years as Wormy Lake is now, officially, Phare Lake.

Coast Reporter was named first for General Excellence in its circulation class at the British Columbia and Yukon Community Newsmedia Association’s 2019 Ma Murray Awards Gala on Saturday, April 27.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development says an announcement will be made Sunday in Sechelt “about the legacy of John Phare.

The Town of Gibsons and the qathet Regional District in Powell River are sharing in $53,000 in grants for projects to reduce wildfire threats.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors unanimously voted to award a contract worth up to $524,540 to a local construction company to restore Granthams Hall in West Howe Sound, and staff expect “substantial completion” of the project by the

Firefighting in Roberts Creek has become a family calling now that sons of two firefighters have joined the Roberts Creek Volunteer Fire Department as junior members. The junior firefighting program accepts recruits aged at least 16 years.

The second annual Easter Egg Hunt at Mission Point Park on April 21 was hugely successful.