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Results from an agricultural land use survey conducted in 2019 show there’s lots of potential for farming on the Sunshine Coast.

After posting a loss in 2019, the Sunshine Coast Community Forest and its operating company Sechelt Community Projects Inc. (SCPI) will not be issuing an extraordinary dividend this year.

Efforts are underway to install a 51-metre cell tower and wireless communications facility that will provide cell phone and Internet service to Skookumchuck Narrows and the Egmont waterfront.

Premier non-committal on UBCM call for expanded deferral program

Plans are in the works for both the Gibsons and Sechelt libraries to launch a curbside program for books and other materials.

Brad Copping (left), general sales manager of South Coast Ford, delivered a shipment of face shields to the Sechelt Hospital Foundation, represented by development administrator Tracey Beyrouty, on May 8.

Sechelt council has approved two last-minute additions to the district’s capital spending plan to take advantage of work that’s already underway. The projects were presented to council May 6, the same night the 2020 budget was presented.

In an unusual joint statement, the Canadian Coast Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard, RCMP, Emergency Management BC and other agencies are asking recreational boaters to avoid unnecessary travel over the long weekend.

Kindergarten to Grade 5 will be first, with access for higher grades

Change is coming for surgeons, dentists, physiotherapists and other medical professionals with last week’s announcement of B.C.’s “restart plan,” but many are still waiting for guidelines to move forward.