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Local liquor store worker Linda Atkinson urged Sechelt council to take a stand against privatizing the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) at the Aug. 1 council meeting, but council said the issue is outside their jurisdiction. Members of the B.C.

The District of Sechelt has applied for a grant to improve the terminal building and upgrade parking at the Sechelt airport as part of their effort to make the site viable for regularly scheduled flights.

During their Aug. 1 meeting, Sechelt council officially adopted a new bylaw to phase in the regulation of open air burning in the District. Under the new bylaw, open air burning of land clearing waste is permitted until Jan.

Baby seals are being born all over the Coast right now, and it's not unusual to see them sitting by themselves on shore, sometimes with an umbilical cord still attached.

Sechelt fire department announced Aug. 1 that Matt Gilroy has been named fire prevention inspector, commencing his new role at the beginning of July.

The Sechelt Animal Hospital found itself warding off angry calls and emails from as far as California last week, when a misunderstanding took root on Facebook, implicating them in an illegal dump.

Doug Cates is selling the family island near Middlepoint, and after five generations of his namesake creating memories there, it's going to be a difficult task to let go.

The WorkSafeBC report into a fatal log booming accident has been released, and although no body was ever found, the report suggests that boom man Tyler Smith was likely not wearing a life jacket and possibly trying to light a cigarette when he fell i

Gibsons Recycling Depot and the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) have agreed to an 18-month deal valued at $297,000, meaning the recovery centre will continue to handle a portion of the SCRD regional recycling function.

Conservation officer Murray Smith called upon Coast residents to be the "eyes and ears" in the forest to ease the capture of illegal dumpers, as dwindling resources can make it a challenge for authorities to investigate.