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Sunshine Coast Tourism (SCT) has announced its board for 2019-20. In the positions up for election at the SCT annual general meeting Nov. 13, Powell River hotelier Jack Barr was elected for a two-year term and will also continue as SCT president.

Education Minister Rob Fleming is expected to be on the Sunshine Coast Monday morning for an announcement “about supporting students in Sechelt,” according to an invitation from the B.C. government.

Ongoing staffing issues at the Sunshine Coast RCMP are “close” to being solved, according to Staff Sgt. Poppy Hallam. Hallam provided an update on staffing at a forum hosted by the Sechelt Downtown Business Association on Nov. 19.

Those looking for closure from the Sunshine Coast Regional District on the short-term rental bylaw change debate will have to wait. At an infrastructure committee meeting on Nov.

Creating a private Facebook Page, efforts at community building and looking into the use of crime prevention mobile apps are some of the next steps the Sechelt Downtown Business Association (SDBA) has planned following a Nov.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Nov. 18 to 25: Late on Nov. 23, witnesses reported a break and enter in progress at a business in the 5600 block of Wharf Avenue, Sechelt.

Sechelt’s 2019 Festival of Lights parade looks like it will match the record number of floats from 2018, with about 30 entrants signed on so far for the Saturday, Nov.

A BC Supreme Court judge has rejected Elphinstone Logging Focus’s (ELF) petition against the sale of cutting rights in an area known as the Clack Creek Forest.

Directors supported staff recommendations to move ahead with a budget proposal to investigate potential well sites at a private property near Gray Creek, and then went a step further with a motion to look at expanding the hunt for groundwater to othe

A new project to build between 30 and 35 units of affordable, long-term housing for women and children in Sechelt has been announced by BC Housing, in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society (SCCSS).