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Gibsons council voted April 7 to approve development permits for a new project at the Five Corners intersection in Lower Gibsons. The property, at 263 Gower Point Rd.

Councillors in Sechelt got back to work on the 2020 budget with committee meetings April 8 and 14 and a significantly trimmed list of proposed new spending in anticipation of the effect the COVID pandemic could have on taxpayers.

The most puzzling aspect of last weekend was not the influx of travellers to coastal communities or the outrage it generated. It was the official reaction to the whole thing.

April 17 marks one month since a public health emergency was declared in B.C. Change has come fast and – to many business owners, frontline workers and parents now working from home – hard.

Fire threatening homes and BC Hydro infrastructure; Staging area set up

As a public health prohibition on gatherings of more than 50 people enters its fourth week, ambiguity prevails about how to move forward with an essential step in the local democratic process – public hearings.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for April 5 to 13: Sometime between April 5 and 8, a suspect stole a large supply of building materials from a property in the 13200 block of Kammerle Road, Garden Bay.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors want BC Timber Sales (BCTS) to do more to protect groundwater and prevent stormwater runoff as the agency introduces new cutblocks on Mount Elphinstone for harvest next year.

27 people in long-term care centres on the North Shore have now died of the virus

With the possibility B.C. Ferries may be eligible for the federal wage-subsidy program, the corporation has rescinded most of the layoff notices issued just over a week ago. In a memo from chief executive Mark Collins, B.C.