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About 20 demonstrators met with Powell-River Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons near his office in Davis Bay on June 6, joining a province-wide protest to protect old-growth forests.

Davis Bay Elementary has a new addition beside its back parking lot – a 1,500 sq. foot (139 sq. metre) greenhouse, built mostly by community volunteers, and lots of elementary school students.

The second day of a three-day tour of Washington state and California to discuss economic cooperation and investment opportunities has left B.C.’s finance minister stunned.

Sechelt council voted June 5 to allow the public to use the district’s non-potable water source now that the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has invoked Stage 2 conservation measures.

Laurie Lesk of the Sunday in the Park with Pride Society was in Gibsons June 4 to receive the Town’s official proclamation of Pride Month.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for May 26 to June 4: Theft • Overnight on May 31, a thief gained entry to an unsecured vehicle parked in the 800 block of Celestial Place, Gibsons, and stole a hunting rifle and binoculars.

Drivers should expect some delays on the Port Mellon Highway this summer. A 4.

CAO accuses group of ‘ongoing bullying and harassment’ of staff

The idea was simple – invite the public into shíshálh Nation’s celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day – but it soon snowballed into a three-day smorgasbord of Indigenous arts and culture.

Climate change was largely blamed for the Sunshine Coast’s ongoing water shortage at Monday’s town-hall style meeting in Sechelt, but the audience focused mainly on how development, meters and conservation rules and tactics fit into the picture.