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It wasn't the event Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish envisioned when he first proposed a community leaders meeting earlier this year. For one thing, there was no pizza lunch. And no actual face-to-face meeting.

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Bowen Island is readying to welcome back tourists and seasonal residents alike following Premier John Horgan’s announcement Wednesday that B.C. is moving to stage three of the restart plan, which includes non-essential travel within the province.

Physical distancing in foyers will be in effect

The wrangling over the ferry schedule on the Langdale-Horseshoe Bay route continues, as local governments on the Sunshine Coast anticipate more tourist travel after the announcement that the province is moving into Phase 3 of its restart plan.

Telus plans to install towers and “small cells” on the Sunshine Coast but it is not yet ready to disclose other expansion plans and no projects are in the works to relieve Egmont residents from their chronic dearth of wireless and cellular service.

Halfmoon Bay

‘Message to VCH’ is ‘not meant to be a long-term fix’

The District of Sechelt is one of three local governments sharing in more than $1 million in Active Transportation Infrastructure Grants announced by the province June 24.

Overall rate was 6% below B.C. average