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SCRD approves $200K fix at emergency New Year’s Eve board meeting

Public health order in effect for NYE

On Jan. 28, B.C. recorded its first case of COVID-19. It would be months before the Sunshine Coast would get hard data about infections locally. On Feb. 24, seven cases had been confirmed in B.C. and by March 12 that number jumped to 53.

JANUARY • Sunshine Coast Hospice Society hosted a poignant gathering at Mission Point on Jan. 1, called Lighting of the Memories, an annual event for “those grieving the loss of someone dear.

MARCH • On March 1, Sunshine Coast resident Kim Darwin, who ran in the last provincial election as the B.C. Green candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast, announced she would run for leadership of the B.C. Green party.

MAY • Lululemon founder Chip Wilson pledged $8 million to the Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station (PODS) through his family’s philanthropic foundation.

JULY • Sunshine Coast RCMP reopened their front counters to the public in both Gibsons and Sechelt.

SEPTEMBER • For the first time since she started giving regular reports on the COVID-19 pandemic, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry released data on cases broken down by local health area, showing seven cases in the Sunshine Coast area.

NOVEMBER • Isobel Mackenzie, B.C.’s seniors advocate, presented the Staying Apart to Stay Safe survey report on Nov. 3.

A Gibsons man has been charged with second-degree murder after his mother was found dead in her home on Sargent Road. RCMP discovered the body of Moirin Gladys Webster in a residence in the 500-block of Sargent Road at 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, Dec.