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The BC Wildfire Service says the fire that broke out near Port Mellon on June 19 is still being mopped up. Two hot spots were detected during scans Sunday and a crew was returning to the area on Monday.

BC Ferries reached a record high for vehicle traffic levels and carried the second highest number of passengers in its history during the past fiscal year. The system carried 22.3 million passengers and 8.

BC Coroners office investigating June 22 incident

Just hours after the federal government announced it had approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, local First Nations vowed to continue fighting the project.

Members of Sechelt’s business community were asked to bring their ideas to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) as local government considers banning single-use plastics.

It took five bargaining sessions since March but support workers at School District No.46 (SD46) have reached a tentative agreement with the district. The tentative agreement is expected to be ratified at a meeting on June 20.

RCMP Report

Search and rescue teams from the Sunshine Coast and Squamish continued to comb the area around Waugh Lake in Egmont and an RCMP dive team was searching the water as efforts to locate a missing man continued June 21.

The BC Wildfire Service says the fire that broke out near Port Mellon on June 19 is now estimated at three hectares in size, but is being held.

The federal Greens haven chosen Dana Taylor as their candidate in West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast- Sea to Sky after two days of voting wrapped up June 18 in Squamish.