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Directors voted to tweak their groundwater strategy to give assurances to the Town of Gibsons that the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) won’t interfere with the Gibsons aquifer for now, and to explore options for the site with the highest yiel

Rate hikes of 25 per cent could be coming to users of the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s (SCRD) wastewater facilities following a vote by directors to include the increase in the 2019 budget deliberations.

Emergency crews were called out Friday afternoon for the second crash on Highway 101 in Roberts Creek in as many days. The crash happened around 1:40 p.m. Feb. 1, near 101 and Largo Road.

In the wake of the spending scandal that’s rocked B.C.’s legislature, questions are being asked about why the clerk of the house’s salary ballooned year after year with little oversight.

University of Victoria political scientist Michael Prince has mapped out some homework for the B.C. Green Party in the wake of its dismal showing in the Nanaimo byelection, won by the NDP’s Sheila Malcolmson.

Water infrastructure is becoming more expensive and that has prompted the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) to charge people more for water.

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The province has announced $327,000 in gaming grants for seven not-for-profit groups on the Sunshine Coast. This grant round focused on groups involved in public safety or environmental work.

Sunshine Coast RCMP say the driver involved in a crash Thursday morning on Highway 101 near Gladwin Trail in Roberts Creek was airlifted to hospital in Vancouver as a precaution.

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons says Wednesday night’s byelection win in Nanaimo is a sign that “people like what the government is doing.