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Sechelt landfill now accepting boats, motorhomes, trailers

Sechelt landfill now accepting boats, motorhomes, trailers

Boats and recreational vehicles such as motorhomes can now be disposed of at the Sechelt landfill. Motorhomes, camping trailers and boats less than 10 metres long will be accepted at a rate of $265 per tonne.
BC Parks’ camping facilities are reopening on June 1

BC Parks’ camping facilities are reopening on June 1

The Discover Camping website and call centre will begin taking reservations on Monday, May 25
Economic ‘restart’ begins

Economic ‘restart’ begins

Restaurants, pubs, barbershops and salons reopening
Police Report: Injured dirt bikers airlifted after two separate crashes

Police Report: Injured dirt bikers airlifted after two separate crashes

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for May 10 to 18: Dirt bikers needed airlifts for medical treatment after being seriously injured in two separate incidents on the Sunshine Coast on May 17.
Service returns to Nanaimo route June 3

Service returns to Nanaimo route June 3

No word yet on restoring cut sailings on Langdale route
SD46 planning two days a week of classroom instruction for K-5

SD46 planning two days a week of classroom instruction for K-5

Plans are underway for part-time, voluntary in-class instruction but scheduling and transportation will depend on how many students actually return to school the week of June 1.
George gets two-year extension after council reverses planning committee recommendations

George gets two-year extension after council reverses planning committee recommendations

Gibsons council has reversed the recommendations of its planning committee and granted the developers of the George Hotel and Residences project a two-year extension on development permits and the deadline for completing a land exchange.
More visitors but less anxiety on long weekend

More visitors but less anxiety on long weekend

The Victoria Day long weekend was busier on the ferries than the Easter long weekend, but there seemed to be less anxiety about visitors to the Sunshine Coast.
Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force Community Update 27 (May 19)

Sunshine Coast COVID Physician Task Force Community Update 27 (May 19)

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: We hope you all enjoyed the glorious long weekend weather! Days like these make it hard to imagine that we are in the middle of a global pandemic, even as our lives have been impacted in so many ways.
Tree poaching hits ‘epidemic’ levels

Tree poaching hits ‘epidemic’ levels

Community Forest hopes evidence from trail cameras will lead to charges