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After complaints and delays, BC Ferries adds more sailings to Langdale schedule

After complaints and delays, BC Ferries adds more sailings to Langdale schedule

BC Ferries phasing out 50% passenger capacity limit, promises ‘more than enough capacity’ on summer sailings
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Trellis passes second reading, hearing date to be determined

Trellis passes second reading, hearing date to be determined

Sechelt council has given second reading to the zoning and Official Community Plan amendments needed for the Trellis long-term care facility on Derby Road in Sechelt, but the date and format for a public hearing is still to be finalized.
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Gibsons youth councillors pitch Coast-wide youth council

Gibsons youth councillors pitch Coast-wide youth council

With their term coming to an end, the youth councillors in Gibsons have put forward a proposal for a Sunshine Coast Youth Council.
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Downtown group looking for ICET funding for street patios

Downtown group looking for ICET funding for street patios

The Sechelt Downtown Business Association (SDBA) is hoping to take advantage of special funding from the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) to get its proposed street patios built.
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Gibsons council wants to see SCRD rec facilities reopen

Gibsons council wants to see SCRD rec facilities reopen

Gibsons Briefs
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Sechelt council votes to fund Business Watch extension

Sechelt council votes to fund Business Watch extension

Sechelt council has voted to continue the Business Watch that was started as an emergency measure at the height of the COVID shutdown that led to most downtown businesses closing their doors.
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Navigator will help small-scale cannabis growers get licensed

Navigator will help small-scale cannabis growers get licensed

The B.C. government says a new Cannabis Production Regulatory Navigator will help more cannabis producers enter the province’s legal market.
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Catalytic converter thefts continue

Catalytic converter thefts continue

Police report
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Driver facing charges after crash on Highway 101

Driver facing charges after crash on Highway 101

Sunshine Coast RCMP say a man is facing charges under the motor vehicle act after a single-vehicle accident on Highway 101 near Curran Road in Halfmoon Bay. The crash happened around 12:30 p.m.
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Sechelt dump remediation could cost $1 million to fill drywall paste ‘voids’

Sechelt dump remediation could cost $1 million to fill drywall paste ‘voids’

It’s been at least 20 years since drywall was buried at the Sechelt dump and the stuff has been deteriorating into a ‘paste-like substance’ that is now blamed for a series of sinkholes in need of a pricey solution.
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