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Sunshine Coast RCMP thank public for their help

With provincial “Leave to Commence” for the Church Road well field not in place as of June 28, the Sunshine Coast Regional District will also have to open its wallet to have the capacity to add site water to its Chapman system.

A ban on campfires will be back in place on the lower Sunshine Coast as of Thursday, June 29 at noon.

Cutblock DL1313, locally known as the Reed Road Forest, won’t see any logging this year but a Sunshine Coast Regional District director is concerned that "permanent protection of this valuable forest is yet to be secured."

The fire is believed to be human-caused

On June 22, the Sunshine Coast Regional District board ordered the closure of its Hopkins Landing wharf until required structural repairs to restore the site to a level considered safe for public use are completed.

Q: How can the Resource Centre help me find housing?

Some dogs will be off-leash in Gibsons’ Brothers Park, in violation of a town bylaw, until a “workable” free-range exercise option for those pets is provided, according to a spokesperson for the 3 o’clock small dog group.

The June 17 meeting at Seaside Centre was followed up by a public drop-in session 

A 56-year-old man died from gunshot wounds on June 22, according to the RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. Two suspects are in custody.