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Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force Community Update 45

Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force Community Update 45

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents:FEB. 11 – As we look forward to a wintry long weekend ahead, we are encouraged by the recent drop in COVID-19 numbers here on the Sunshine Coast.
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Federal budget requests reveal pandemic’s wear on Coast economy, crisis in housing

Federal budget requests reveal pandemic’s wear on Coast economy, crisis in housing

About 20 local government and non-profit representatives met with West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Patrick Weiler virtually on Feb.
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Nurse now able to prescribe opioid treatment on Coast

Nurse now able to prescribe opioid treatment on Coast

As the opioid overdose crisis continues to cause hardship, a coming change to prescribing practices has been welcomed by Sunshine Coast Overdose Prevention Task Force spokesperson Dr. Joerg Jaschinski. On Feb.
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Free masks to be available

Free masks to be available

Free surgical masks are being distributed on the Sunshine Coast.
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Gibsons adds support to request for emergency response funding

Gibsons adds support to request for emergency response funding

A coalition of small rural coastal and island communities are requesting provincial funding to support emergency services, including the Town of Gibsons. “I think it’s something we really do need to support,” said Coun. David Croal at a Feb.
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$1.5M tower truck arrives in Sechelt

$1.5M tower truck arrives in Sechelt

Wisconsin-made 100-ft. aerial model a first in B.C.
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SCRD plans increased public consultation amid pending property-tax and fee hikes

SCRD plans increased public consultation amid pending property-tax and fee hikes

The Sunshine Coast Regional District’s (SCRD) staff and board of directors say they plan a round of public online forums in late February and early March to help explain the regional district’s 2021 budget, which likely will bring considerable increa
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Driver in Sechelt road-rage incident smacks phone from pedestrian’s hand

Driver in Sechelt road-rage incident smacks phone from pedestrian’s hand

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Jan. 29 to Feb. 8: On Feb.
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Arts and culture group aims to bring affordable family farming to the Coast

Arts and culture group aims to bring affordable family farming to the Coast

Cover the Coast project launched to unite affordable housing stakeholders
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UPDATED: Body of man, 63, recovered from Sechelt Inlet

UPDATED: Body of man, 63, recovered from Sechelt Inlet

Sunshine Coast RCMP have reached the next of kin of a man whose body was recovered from the waters of Sechelt Inlet on Monday, Feb. 8. The body of Peter William Koch, 63, was located by a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter at about 3 p.m.
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