We have recently made some changes to all free listings, we are no longer displaying e-mail and website addresses.  These are now a part of our enhanced listing offering.

We are pleased to announce that in the next couple of months we will be adding Vancouver Island local businesses to our online business directory.  When we first launched coastlookup.com our intent was to solely serve the Sunshine Coast’s residents and visitors.  However, due to numerous emails inquiries, we have decided to expand our content to cover Vancouver Island from Victoria all the way up to Port Hardy.  If you’re a small business owner on Vancouver Island, please make sure you Contact Us to obtain your Free or Enhanced Listing.

It’s quite an honour to read that the small town of Gibsons BC, Canada has been awarded the world’s best town:

A huge honour has been bestowed on a small B.C. town, which was named Tuesday as one of the most livable communities in the world.

The town of Gibsons, population about 4,000, was named the best place in the world to live, among communities with fewer than 20,000 residents, by the International Awards for Liveable Communities. The award program has the endorsement of the United Nations.

Click here to read the entire CBC article.

A freak injury has sidelined Gibsons native Ryan Dempster:

CHICAGO — Just when the Chicago Cubs figured they were getting healthy, a freak accident landed right-hander Ryan Dempster on the disabled list with a fracture of his big right toe. He could be out for up to a month.

Dempster, a native of Gibsons, B.C., was hopping over the dugout railing to go on the field and celebrate Sunday’s victory over the Milwaukee Brewers when he caught his back leg on the railing and landed hard, injuring his toe. An X-ray taken yesterday revealed the non-displaced fracture.

The entire article can be found -here-

A good article was recently written on the Peninsula Gateway:

“Have you ever been to the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia? Our friends, the O’Briens, who have traveled there on numerous occasions, asked us to join them and stay at a rental home in Halfmoon Bay.

We drove together up to the Canadian border, with a stop for lunch and coffee at a deli in Bellingham. It would be the first of many coffee stops where we each indulged in our particular coffee preferences, be it mochas, americanos, espressos or lattes.

Crossing the border at Sumac, we continued to Horseshoe Bay, where we took the ferry to Gibsons. On the ferry, we stood out in the breeze and sunshine, marveling at the beauty of the sea and the islands…”

You can read the entire article -here-

Kick the Nic - Butt Out
Mondays 1-2:30 pm
Gibsons Community Health Unit
Gibsons, BC

We have recently added two new feature additions that come with an enhanced listing:

1. All new Ehanced Listings will be featued on the home-page for 2 weeks.
2. All new Enhanced Listings can post a news item about their business in the News section.

We think the best place to chat with our fellow Coastal parents is the playground and this is where the idea for Coastparents.ca was conceived! After many hours discussing the best place to buy children’s items, what activities were available, what family events were taking place or what kinds of support and services were out there we realized there was a need for a “one stop shop” for parents on the Coast to go to find information on everything child and family related taking place in our community.

After many “meetings” aka play dates and many lattes, we developed Coastparents.ca. Coast Parents provides online parenting information, news, resources and weblinks for the Sunshine Coast Parent! From pregnant moms and parents of newborn babies, to toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners we have a little something for everyone. We keep you up to date on all that is happening in your community, provide expert advice from local resources, information on cool new baby and kid products and provide a forum where parents can come together to discuss everything from breast feeding woes to the best play ground on the Coast.

Our goal is simple, to provide parents on the Sunshine Coast with up to date information on community events and activities and information on local support and services available for the children 0-5 and their families. Check out this fantastic resources www.coastparents.ca

Do you have a Sunshine Coast news item you would like posted?  Do you want to announce a new business opening? a change of location? Please contact us if you have a news item about the Sunshine Coast or about your business that you would like to post.

Sechelt – Howe Sound Pulp and Paper (HSPP) is temporarily laying off an estimated 400 workers for the month of June in its kraft pulp mill and newsprint production operations.

The kraft pulp mill is shutting down, putting 100 workers temporarily out of a job due to a mechanical failure. The length of the shutdown is estimated at four weeks, removing 30,000 tonnes of NBSK from production…

The rest of the article can be found -here-