Coast lifesaver for Model Ambassador at fashion festival and other top stories

Coast lifesaver for Model Ambassador at fashion festival

SHANNON Guthrie is a poster girl for everything that's good about the Sunshine Coast. The 19-year-old blonde was born and bred on the Coast and has been a lifesaver since the age of six. She still loves nothing more than hitting the beach or going on ... >> view original

RACQ tips price of Coast petrol to stay put over Easter

IT'S eggcellent news for Sunshine Coast motorists filling up their petrol tanks over the holidays. Unleaded fuel prices are unlikely to change over the four-day break. Drivers can expect to pay about 133 cents a litre across the region - four cents ... >> view original

Mayor Mark Jamieson on why council CEO should lead CBD

THE comments made by Sandy Zubrinich of the Sunshine Coast Business Council, as reported in the Sunshine Coast Daily yesterday under "Mayor picks CEO to head CBD firm", really need to be corrected. Ms Zubrinich has raised potential conflicts of ... >> view original

Wishlist puts up $300000 for medical researchers

A TOTAL of $300,000 is on offer for Sunshine Coast medical researchers this year through the annual Wishlist research funding grants program. The grants are distributed to health staff as part of Wishlist's $1 million commitment to the needs of the ... >> view original

No changes proposed for Sunshine Coast

In its report, the Commission rejected moving Hornby and Denman islands to the Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding, but instead suggested grouping those islands into a new riding that would also include Alberni Pacific Rim and other parts of the Comox ... >> view original

NBN rollout takes in extra 36000 homes

THE National Broadband Network will reach an extra 36,000 Sunshine Coast households by September next year, NBN Co has announced. A spokesman for NBN Co said yesterday 19 Coast suburbs, including federal electorates of Fisher, Fairfax and ... >> view original

Flash flooding reports in some part of Sunshine Coast

... of Meteorology warned two separate bands of heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms were affecting south-east Queensland, one band extends through the northern suburbs of Brisbane, while the other is moving onto the southern Sunshine Coast area, ... >> view original

Churches: message of hope awaits the curious this Easter

SUNSHINE Coast church leaders will urge the faithful to look to Christ for support during uncertain times when they gather over Easter. As terrorism and sectarian violence cast a pall over the world, the usual Easter rush will see many of the Coast's ... >> view original

Businesses will struggle on Easter penalties

CUT them, scrap them, roll them into a higher hourly base rate - Sunshine Coast business leaders have differing ideas about what should be done with penalty rates. But they are united on what cannot be done with them - create more jobs. Business ... >> view original

Health hub developing at Emporio

THE addition of three allied health practitioners at the Emporio development in Maroochydore has set the suburb up to be a burgeoning health hub as well as a thriving business and cultural centre. Sunshine Coast Paediatric Dentistry and Sunshine Dental ... >> view original