Sunshine Coast News

The Rotary Club of Pender Harbour hosted their 17th Annual People’s Choice Show & Shine on Aug. 7 at the legion in Maderia Park. It was a fabulous sunny day for this family event. Thank you to all the participants and sponsors.

After a pandemic hiatus, the Youth Indigenous Festival is back on Aug. 19 at Hackett Park

More than 600 volunteer painters contributed to the circular design on pavement near the mouth of Roberts Creek.

Gibsons Marine Rescue Society launched their Making Waves fundraiser for RCM Search and Rescue Station 14 last weekend with an evening of appetizers and drinks at Leo’s Tapas & Grill in Gibsons. 

Also, Summer Night Dance Party is Aug. 19 and Bargain Barn still looking for kid clothes solution

The current Lower Sunshine Coast trustee’s name will be on the ballot again, after being elected in 2018

‘These things do not happen by accident, the many come together to do their part and create a beauty to behold, and we are but a small, but vital part of it. Some do little, some do much, just by showing up we become a portion of the charm.’

40th annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts is under way

Also, here’s what’s on for the summer music series

The province has extended the feedback period for its Highway 101 Alternate Route Study to help short-list options for potential highway improvements or bypass routings in areas between Gibsons and Trout Lake.

Gibsons Marine SAR ( RCMSAR Sation 14) and neighbours rescued a paddleboarder fallen in Smith Cove on Aug. 7.

Number of those in ICU with the disease is lowest since mid-June

No members of the public or firefighters were injured as a result of what Sechelt Fire Chief called ‘a tent and rubbish fire’ at 5656 Hightide Avenue in the early hours of Aug. 11.

Hundreds of new chargers are slated to be installed across Canada and more Canadians are considering EVs than ever before. But why is the adoption rate still so low?

One councillor voted in opposition to granting the permit for the 99-unit subdivision on Laurel Avenue

Canadian children are being cyberbullied just as much as youth in other countries. But their parents are lacking in taking preventative measures to lower these numbers, according to a new poll.

33 per cent of British Columbians haven’t visited the optometrist in the last three years.

‘Staff are still mapping’ out the date and format for the proposed new zoning bylaw’s public hearing. The Board also moved to have staff draft amendments to the subdivision servicing bylaw, to stop automatic SCRD take over ownership of community sewer systems.

Council is considering implementing new regulations to the body work industry as a way to prevent sex trafficking in Sechelt

At the Aug. 3 meeting, Sechelt council adopted fees for non-compliance of the solid waste and disposal bylaw