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BC Ferries says it has worked with the province to change the information it’s been putting out regarding medical assured loading to “make it more clear for medical practitioners and patients.

Gibsons Coun. David Croal says there’s no “plot afoot” to permanently close the Gibsons pool and he’s hopeful a report expected to go to Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors Nov. 12 could lead to a December reopening.

BC Ferries says the “staffing issue” that forced the cancellation of the Queen of Surrey’s 5:25 p.m. sailing from Langdale Nov. 4 as well as one of its scheduled round-trips on the Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay route was COVID-related.

There will not be a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph in downtown Sechelt this year, but the monument is still being used to mark the occasion.

Sechelt ceremony to be broadcast live on Coast TV

Councillors in Gibsons are going back to the drawing board, again, on short-term rentals. Council put a draft bylaw on hold after a public hearing so the results of a recent housing needs assessment could be considered.

Gibsons Coun. Annemarie De Andrade wants to see a review of the town’s fireworks bylaw after a Halloween night she described as “intense.

Mackenzie urges creation of long-term care resident and family council association

Their first bottle drive was to help pay for travel to Europe. Seven months later, they’ve been sorting bottles again – this time to cover legal fees.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have issued their first tickets under the federal Quarantine Act. In a Nov. 2 release, RCMP said they were advised Oct.