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BC Ferries president Mark Collins says the company was on track for one of its strongest performances in the fiscal year that ended March 31, but the final two weeks saw the beginning of an unprecedented drop in vehicle and passenger traffic and reve

British Columbia has recorded its highest number of illicit-drug-overdose deaths ever in a single month, reaching the grim milestone in May. The B.C. Coroners Service said 170 people died from illicit-drug overdoses in May, the equivalent of 5.

Premier John Horgan says he “absolutely understands the anxiety” ferry-dependent communities have about maintaining service levels following pandemic-related cuts, and the government is working “to protect as many routes as we possibly can.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for May 26 to June 7: Catalytic converters were the target of thieves between Sechelt and Langdale during the weekend of June 5 to 7. • On June 6, between 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Sechelt council has given the green light to some early-morning construction work at the intersection of Trail Avenue and Cowrie Street.

Covered electric tricycles to shield out bad weather have been zooming around Vancouver streets, and now District of Sechelt staff are being asked whether they’d like to take a spin. Councillors on June 3 unanimously supported a motion by Coun.

Route 1 buses heading toward Sechelt from Langdale will no longer be driving up Flume Road starting June 14.

Sunshine Coast residents taking the Langdale-Horseshoe Bay route in either direction should be receiving priority boarding, says BC Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall.

A man caught in Sechelt Inlet with more than the legal limit of oysters, sea cucumbers and whelks, has been fined $3,000.

The Sechelt and District Chamber of Commerce is encouraging the municipality to revive an idea rejected in 2013 – a one-way Cowrie Street. The Chamber put the idea forward in a June 4 letter to Mayor Darnelda Siegers and council.