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BC Hydro is looking into the idea of taking over District of Sechelt’s EV fast charger at the Trail Bay Centre.

Starting this week, Tla’amin Nation hosts the Pulling Together Canoe Journey, an event that brings together First Nations communities, police, and provincial and federal government agencies to complete a 10-day canoe expedition.

Gibsons groups beef up parade with entries

A group working to create a co-op that would enable the province’s small-scale cannabis growers to get into the legal market for recreational cannabis is looking for input on how such a co-op would work.

Glen McClughan is retiring from his position as executive director at the Sunshine Coast Association for Community Living (SCACL) after spending more than two decades at the helm.

Gibsons’ first youth councillors are wrapping up their term, which expires with the end of the school year.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for June 18 to 25: • Overnight on June 18, a suspect stole eight gnomes and statues from a garden in the 5600 block of Surf Circle, Sechelt.

The Pender Harbour Fire Department has ordered a campfire ban and complete open burning prohibition for the Pender Fire Protection District. The ban was set to go into force at noon June 28.

Traffic slowed to a crawl outside of Sechelt Friday as a cleanup crew cleared detritus that flowed onto Sunshine Coast Highway in the vicinity of Selma Park Road in the early morning.

Frustration over party houses and slow response times to problem renters contrasted with arguments in favour of rental properties as mortgage helpers at a public hearing on rule changes to short-term rental accommodations.