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Sunshine Coast RCMP say the man living in an apartment in the 5600 block of Inlet Avenue was lucky to walk away Monday morning after a butane stove exploded. According to RCMP, he was using the stove around 11:20 a.m. when it caught fire.

The man charged with threatening youths at a Sechelt skate park with a pellet gun has been sentenced to more than 300 days in jail and will be banned for life from owning or possessing firearms. Tristan McDougall was charged after a Jan.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District’s (SCRD) infrastructure committee has recommended spending a further $350,000 on reservoir feasibility studies. The committee heard from Integrated Sustainability Consultants at the Feb.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors remain generally supportive of finishing water-meter installations in Sechelt and the shíshálh Nation, but they’re still not certain where the money to pay for it will come from.

Community pharmacists in B.C. have joined a chorus of health officials urging residents to get vaccinated after a recent outbreak of measles in Vancouver, just as two more cases were confirmed Friday. The B.C.

A mental health grant worth $35,000 has been awarded to School District No.46 (SD46) as part of a provincewide investment in mental health programming for schools. B.C.

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Gibsons has been recognized as a town that’s truly “open for business.” The Town of Gibsons was named the winner in the Open for Business category for small communities at the 16th annual Small Business BC Awards Gala on Feb. 21.

Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says the province will increase sailings on 10 BC Ferries routes that saw cuts in 2014, including Earls Cove-Saltery Bay, and set up a new “independent advisory council” as part of the government’s response to a

But BCTS says ‘legacy trees’ in Dakota Valley cutblock will be protected