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Chip Wilson is pledging $8 million to the Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station (PODS) through his family’s philanthropic foundation.

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: We recently received feedback from staff in our Emergency Department expressing concerns about people attending parties and disregarding social distancing recommendations.

New signs went up at the entrances to shíshálh Nation lands on April 24 advising people that “shíshálh Nation lands are closed to non-residents” as a safety measure during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has joined the chorus of calls for people to avoid travel to small coastal communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents: As we see pressure mount to reopen our businesses, schools and community, it is crucially important that we do it at the right time and in the right way.

Wildfire season has begun with an earlier than usual ban in place on all open burning except campfires, one major fire already on the books, and the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) touting time spent isolating at home as a perfect opportunity

Pender Harbour water service areas also see large increases

Gibsons council has voted to make further cuts to the 2020 budget as the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic continues. “Our community is not going to recover anytime soon,” Mayor Bill Beamish said at council’s April 21 meeting.

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Councillors in Sechelt have given the nod to director of finance David Douglas to add an extra 0.