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Councillors in Sechelt got their first look at the list of projects and other new spending the district’s department heads are hoping to get approved for the 2021 budget at their Nov. 25 committee of the whole meeting.

Comments during a Nov. 25 BC Ferries meeting about the short list of “near-term” strategies for improving service on the Sunshine Coast suggest there’s still a lot of confusion about the Medical Assured Loading (MAL) program.

An excerpt from Converging Waters: The Beauty and Challenges of the Broughton Archipelago When fish farms first appeared on the coast in the late 1970s, they seemed like an interesting idea.

Federal minister also says BC Ferries car deck rules will not be waived

Rates are going up again for water users across the Sunshine Coast, as are waste collection fees. Directors adopted the increases at a Nov. 26 board meeting and debated the issue at a morning committee meeting.

Sunshine Coast RCMP used a Taser device to subdue a man who resisted arrest after allegedly breaking into several homes in Sechelt on Thursday, Nov. 26. Police say they received multiple calls from different residents on Wharf Avenue around 5 p.m.

The BC Coroners Service has released data that gives a better picture of how the overdose crisis is impacting the Sunshine Coast. The number of overdose deaths in B.C.

Schedule from and to Texada Island has also been affected

Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons, who won a fifth term in the recent provincial election, has been named to Premier John Horgan’s new cabinet.

Community association calls it ‘wrong and redundant’