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Face masks to be mandatory on buses starting Aug. 24

Face masks to be mandatory on buses starting Aug. 24

BC Transit passengers on the Sunshine Coast will be required to wear face masks from Aug. 24 onwards.
Sechelt council approves change for Strand project

Sechelt council approves change for Strand project

Developer encouraged to increase density
Proponents at hearing defend subdivision for Halfmoon Bay

Proponents at hearing defend subdivision for Halfmoon Bay

Proponents at a recent public hearing defended their bid for a subdivision in a neighbourhood tucked into forestlands above the highway in Halfmoon Bay.
Gibsons council working on noise bylaw updates

Gibsons council working on noise bylaw updates

Councillors in Gibsons are trying to balance consistency with surrounding jurisdictions and the need for different rules for householders working on their properties and commercial construction as they update the Town’s noise bylaw.
Sechelt to seek approval for borrowing to fund Operations Centre

Sechelt to seek approval for borrowing to fund Operations Centre

Councillors in Sechelt have voted to use an Alternative Approval Process (AAP) to get elector approval to borrow up to $3 million to fund construction of a new Operations Centre to house the public works and parks departments.
Paul George named to the Order of British Columbia

Paul George named to the Order of British Columbia

Paul George of Gibsons is among the 13 people named this week to the Order of British Columbia. Lt. Gov.
Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force Community Update 32 (Aug. 6)

Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force Community Update 32 (Aug. 6)

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: Perhaps unsurprisingly, we have seen a doubling in the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in B.C. over the past two weeks, mostly driven by an outbreak in Kelowna.
Sechelt Inlet home destroyed by fire

Sechelt Inlet home destroyed by fire

A home in the 6300 block of Marmot Road in East Porpoise Bay was destroyed by fire on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Sechelt Fire Chief Trevor Pike said the blaze broke out around 5 p.m.
School reopening details expected in mid-August

School reopening details expected in mid-August

Call them cohorts as B.C. provincial health officer Bonnie Henry did, or “schools within a school,” as School District No.
Police Report: Large drone seen hovering outside bathroom window

Police Report: Large drone seen hovering outside bathroom window

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for July 25 to Aug. 1: A visitor to the Coast reported that while staying at a waterfront accommodation in the Selma Park area on July 25, he looked out at around 11 p.m.