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On Sept. 20, a handful of entrepreneurs under the age of 40 will have a chance to pitch their social business ideas to a panel of judges for a chance to win $5,000.

Vehicles are expected to be sidelined on Cruice Lane and kept out of adjacent parking lots on Sept. 22 for Gibsons’ first car-free block party.

Hundreds of people filled tables and emptied their wallets at Thursday’s major annual RCMP fundraiser supper for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Police are asking the public to come forward with any information on the theft of an electric bike in Sechelt on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

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The province says a series of reports from BC Housing shows its supportive housing projects are “substantially improving the quality of life for residents and reducing their use of emergency health services.

Fred Tolmie has been appointed chief administrative officer (CAO) for shíshálh Nation.

Former Sechelt councillor and well-known local photographer Keith Thirkell has died. Thirkell’s family said he died Aug. 18 as a result of injuries suffered from an accident in July while assisting a friend in medical distress. He was 57.

Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers does not shy away from describing a spike in break-ins and petty thefts in the area as a “crime wave,” but she also says she’s confident Sunshine Coast RCMP are doing everything possible to catch what she believes are “

Sunnycrest Mall is no longer being considered as a site for a government-run cannabis shop after concerns were raised by attendees at Tuesday’s public information meeting.