In the Community

With the rising cost of housing and living, many Sunshine Coast residents are feeling the pressure.

As of May, the BC SPCA pet food bank helped 2,364 dogs and 2,963 cats between the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island.

And, some of the species you may be hearing from your deck

FLAIR on the Coast will be held this Saturday, June 14, 10 a.m. to noon at the Rockwood Centre in Sechelt. They welcome back Leslie McDougall, legal coach, paralegal/investigator with 20 years’ experience in B.C.

SWF (Summer Weekend Festival) Seeks LTR with Landowner Stubborn, playful, and a little loud. I’m just a SWF looking for a special someone with room to stretch out, soak up some sun, and dance like nobody’s watching.

Here are the good deeds (and not so good deeds) that happened in our Coast community this week!

Music and merriment carried the day June 7 as Egmont’s streets (and harbour) were filled to the brim with locals and visitors delighting in all things Egmont. The festivities –– held the first Saturday in June annually –– included a kids fishing derby, cake walk, dunk tank, parade, BBQ, laser tag and more. At the Egmont Heritage Centre, Jay and the Civvie-Cats played a blues jam of covers, which came through loud and clear at the busy trailhead to the Skookumchuck Narrows.

The Gibsons-based summer camp is hosting an open house in July to celebrate the milestone.

Provincial review looms as a potential roadblock to the new bylaw

Dr. Paul Dhillon now calls Sechelt home, but before settling there, he grew up in Tsawwassen, BC, where he developed a love of learning and of travel.