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Effective noon Friday May 17, back yard and industrial open fires will be prohibited in Coastal Fire Centre areas, including the Sunshine Coast, while small campfires will be permitted.

Sailings between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale Tuesday May 14 will run on a revised schedule due to mechanical issue with one of the vessels that has since been repaired, according to a 4:37 p.m. news release. 

Should the Coast ever need to call in fire fighting resources from elsewhere, it might be areas that we have helped in the past that send firefighters and equipment our way, according to the SCRD's protective services manager. 

'We have been left with no choice' the Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association stated in a May 13 press release that announced its plan to file BC Supreme Court proceedings.

Our area is one of 10 of the province’s 29 water basin areas at that level, with Vancouver Island areas also at that rating.

Pender Harbour residents association plans to sue over co-management agreement

And how the new Primary Care Network may help with recruitment

'The goal of this is for every one of you that wants one, to have a family physician or nurse practitioner – primary care provider – that knows you,' Dr. Rob Lehman, chair of the Sunshine Coast Division of Family Practice, told the crowd at Seaside Centre.

SCRD staff told regional directors last week that they anticipated it would take 'another year' to secure long-term changes to the Chapman Creek's environmental flow needs (EFN) levels.

The capricious nature of reality — and our hunger to tie it down through symbols and images — are portrayed in two new exhibitions unveiled at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery last week.