Local News

Editorial: National Drowning Prevention Week

Sixty-seven per cent of drownings occur in natural bodies of water such as lakes, rivers and oceans

Jul 17, 2025 6:30 PM Read more >

Tla'amin Fire Department responds to burning carriage house

No injuries reported in blaze on the south end of Klahanie Drive

Jul 17, 2025 5:16 PM Read more >

Peter Kvarnstrom: It's time to buy local advertising

B.C. urged to spend province's advertising dollars in towns like Merritt instead of places like Menlo Park, California.

Jul 17, 2025 2:04 PM Read more >

Updated: Wildfire above Secret Cove held

As of 9 a.m., the fire at Homesite Creek was listed as 0.95 hectares

Jul 17, 2025 12:55 PM Read more >

qRD board supports short-term rental and hotel room tax

qathet Regional District directors vote for Sunshine Coast Tourism’s initiative to increase taxation

Jul 17, 2025 10:06 AM Read more >

Savary Islanders motion put forward to explore new technology

Overwhelming support from residents to adopt early fire detection system

Jul 16, 2025 7:30 PM Read more >

Letter: British Columbia is less super and less natural today

Grizzly 'suffered an entirely preventable, human-caused, horrific death'

Jul 16, 2025 6:30 PM Read more >

Tla’amin Nation wastewater project underway

Existing facility will be replaced; new pump station will tie into City of Powell River’s treatment plant

Jul 16, 2025 5:30 PM Read more >

No tsunami risk for B.C. coast after Alaska earthquake

The earthquake struck about 80 kilometres south of Sand Point, Alaska, at 1:37 p.m.

Jul 16, 2025 2:01 PM Read more >

Sunshine in the forecast for today in qathet, with a breeze

Hot, humid weather is causing temperature to feel warmer

Jul 16, 2025 1:05 PM Read more >