Sechelt / Gibsons Coast Reporter

1 week ago | coastreporter.net | Sammy Hudes

The Canadian Real Estate Association downgraded its forecast for home sales this year, while it also reported Tuesday the number of homes that changed hands across the country in March fell 9.3 per cent compared with a year ago. The association said Canadian home sales in March also fell 4.8 per cent on a seasonally adjusted month-over-month basis from February, as potential buyers stayed on the sidelines amid concerns over tariffs and economic uncertainty.

2 weeks ago | coastreporter.net | Bronwyn Beairsto

Most of the candidates for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country faced off in the Coast’s first all-candidates meeting for the 45th Canadian general election, hosted by the Sunshine Coast Labour Council at Elphinstone Secondary School Monday night. Candidates parried as they navigated questions on health care, affordability, jobs and economy and pensions.

2 weeks ago | coastreporter.net | Cindy Harnett

B.C. will retain life-saving overdose-prevention sites even if the Conservatives — who have pledged to try to curtail or shut them down — win the federal election, says Health Minister Josie Osborne. There are 39 overdose-prevention sites and four supervised-consumption sites in the province, including eight overdose-prevention sites on Vancouver Island.

2 weeks ago | coastreporter.net | Bronwyn Beairsto

Along with cherry blossoms, magnolias and early leaves, election signs are emerging around the Sunshine Coast as the ballot fills out for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country. We, and our four sister papers in this riding (North Shore News, Bowen Island Undercurrent, Squamish Chief and Whistler Pique), are following along closely at coastreporter.net/2025-canada-votes.

2 weeks ago | coastreporter.net | Rosa Saba

TORONTO — North American stock markets muddled to a mixed close Monday as the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement continued to reverberate. Markets began the day with a steep selloff, before suddenly spiking higher in the morning — the S&P 500 briefly rose 3.4 per cent before giving up those gains. A White House account on X said a rumour that Trump was considering a 90-day pause on the tariffs was "fake news," taking the air out of the short-lived bounce.