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The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has declared a state of local emergency in Roberts Creek and ordered the evacuation of four properties due to flooding and debris flow that washed out sections of Lower Road starting late Friday.

Capilano Highways crews were scrambling Saturday to respond to major washouts in Roberts Creek, blamed on a combination of unusually heavy rain and snow melt.

Two delegations gave Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors a taste of where constituents stand on water meters as they ready themselves for a vote to move ahead with a $7-million loan to install them in the Sechelt area.

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The Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) says illegal firewood cutting is on the rise again. In a Jan. 29 release, SCCF officials said, “There is evidence of significant unauthorized timber harvesting activity in the vicinity of our tenure area.

Almost five years after it was closed due to structural problems, the historic Granthams Landing Community Hall will officially reopen on Friday, Feb. 14 with a public community celebration and ribbon cutting from 11 a.m. to noon.

Gibsons council has voted to have the Town opt in to the Environmental Management Act’s site profile process now, ahead of the province’s move to make opting in mandatory for all local governments.

Local women leaders will be speaking about their experiences in public roles on Thursday, Feb. 6 at Capilano University. Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers, Festival of Written Arts president Jean Bennett and Staff Sgt.

Members of the shíshálh Nation will go to the polls on Feb. 15 to choose a new chief, with incumbent Warren Paull and three others, Nievelina Carmona, Randy Joe and Lenora Joe, on the ballot. The nomination meeting was held Dec.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are continuing their investigation after a man was injured in an apparent explosion in Egmont on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The incident happened late in the afternoon, and Staff Sgt.