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Letter: Tell BC Timber Sales no logging from Joe Smith Creek to Higgs Brook

Letter: Tell BC Timber Sales no logging from Joe Smith Creek to Higgs Brook

'While the SCRD may consider this logging to be low impact on SCRD services, the residents who receive regional district water would be highly impacted if the waterline, road, hydro, telephone and gas-line were destroyed by a flood or debris flow.'
SCRD committee recommends halt on TA0521 licence auction

SCRD committee recommends halt on TA0521 licence auction

A Sunshine Coast Regional District committee level vote on Dec. 14 recommended asking BC Timber Sales (BCTS) to remove area TA0521 from future cutblock sales.
Dance organizations mark 10th year of The Nutcracker on the Sunshine Coast

Dance organizations mark 10th year of The Nutcracker on the Sunshine Coast

Two distinct ballet productions fuel merriment with mentorship
Study says buffers, fire resistant materials could slash wildfire risks to residences

Study says buffers, fire resistant materials could slash wildfire risks to residences

HALIFAX — A new study says Canadian homeowners and communities can slash wildfire risks to buildings if they start taking steps like cutting buffer zones and using fire resistant construction materials.
Critics caution against plan to expand medical assistance in dying to those with mental illness

Critics caution against plan to expand medical assistance in dying to those with mental illness

Hope is what kept Laurel Walker alive as thoughts of suicide overwhelmed her, and that is exactly what she says would be stripped from people battling the same darkness if Canada forges ahead with plans to expand medical assistance in dying to those
Sechelt council backs water conservation measures for Tower Road development

Sechelt council backs water conservation measures for Tower Road development

The development proposes 36 units of a mix of single-family homes, duplexes and townhomes with variation from studios to three-bedroom units. 
Elphinstone Chronicles: Bike & pedestrian counter installed near Cedar Grove

Elphinstone Chronicles: Bike & pedestrian counter installed near Cedar Grove

Area E has already been bustling with eventful fun this December.
Major B.C. developer Coromandel Properties being mismanaged, court hears

Major B.C. developer Coromandel Properties being mismanaged, court hears

Some owners of Coromandel Properties Ltd. have failed to put their company in receivership after citing their concerns of management failures
Veggie output from Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden doubles last year’s harvest

Veggie output from Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden doubles last year’s harvest

A vegetable bonanza for the food bank
Disbarred B.C. lawyer’s trust account subject to unexplained wealth order application

Disbarred B.C. lawyer’s trust account subject to unexplained wealth order application

B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture seeks the forfeiture of about $3.5 million held in the trust account of now-disbarred lawyer Ronald Pelletier, whose misconduct included money laundering, according to the Law Society of B.C.