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Program to target 25 people with overlapping needs related to mental health and substance use

Owners of just 142 West Van homes paid $6.58 million in the tax in 2021.

The study is to look at the 109 km segment of road between Sechelt and Lund.

Here's what's happening in the Creek!

Gibsons Council passed three readings of revisions to the Procedures Bylaw that would see regular meetings reduced to once a month (rather than twice a month), eliminate a bylaw-set order of proceedings and limit delegations to one per meeting, among other amendments. 

The Green Forum series sponsored by St. Hilda’s Anglican Church will feature presenter Seth Klein, author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, on Nov. 25 at 7 p.m.

Under the 10-year contract that expires this year, costs for 2022 were $377,000. A 12-month contract renewal with the same firm was approved at $783,596 as inflation on wages, fuel and other equipment costs see prices escalate.

The group representing speech-language pathologists in B.C. says the government needs to increase funding for their profession to better support those in long-term care.

SCRD staff advised elected officials that “we do not really have a choice, we must install a new system to keep the facility open."

Sunshine Coast Regional District has not paid a ransom following the September cybersecurity incident