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Four Sunshine Coast organizations are splitting more than $80,000 from the federal government’s Emergency Fund for Food Security. West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky MP Patrick Weiler made the announcement in a Sept.

A cutblock in Dakota Bowl on the slopes of Mount Elphinstone, where the existence of 77 culturally modified trees (CMT) was recently confirmed, has been removed from the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) auction list for harvest in 2021.

A proposed tree preservation bylaw in Gibsons went to public hearing Sept. 14, even though it didn’t have to.

In-community drive-through testing available 12:30 to 2:30 pm on September 15

Western and phantom hemlock loopers defoliate conifer trees

Ice user groups urged Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors to reconsider their July 30 decision not to install ice at the Sunshine Coast Arena this year, which they say contravenes the SCRD’s ice allocation policy. At a Sept.

West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Patrick Weiler has been elected to chair the federal Liberal party’s Pacific Caucus. The caucus is made of the party’s 11 sitting MPs from British Columbia.

Darwin eliminated after third-place finish on first ballot

The cause of a Sept. 13 beach fire in Wilson Creek remains under investigation while officials from the Sechelt Fire Department try to determine exactly where it started. The fire, which was reported around 10:45 a.m., burned through about 800 sq.