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Rural directors are paid a separate stipend of approximately $1,350 a year and that should double, according to Area E director Donna McMahon.

Directors voted to approve the Gibsons and District Public Library funding request and include it in the second round of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) budget deliberations in March.

A through-road could give a new option for drivers to get from the heart of Roberts Creek to Highway 101 – but some residents are taking issue with the proposal.

Schools in the Sunshine Coast School District (SD46) will be closed Monday due to unsafe road conditions caused by weekend snowfall.

Regular ferry service to the Sunshine Coast has resumed after a major windstorm Saturday forced BC Ferries to cancel sailings and caused extensive damage at Horseshoe Bay.

The Queen of Coquitlam resumed its regular schedule for the Sunshine Coast after six sailings were cancelled early Saturday due to high winds. The cancelled sailings included the 8:40 a.m., 10:50 a.m. and 1:05 p.m.

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The Chapman drawdown project has been dealt a fatal blow following a Feb. 7 announcement that the province is not willing to move ahead with a proposal to adjust the boundaries of Tetrahedron Provincial Park.

Several residents of Seawatch were making preparations Friday morning to leave their homes after a meeting with District of Sechelt officials at which they were given notice that the neighbourhood was on evacuation alert.

Sunshine Coast RCMP say they took two men into custody and seized about 2,200 cannabis plants during the execution of a search warrant at a home on Nickerson Road in Sechelt Tuesday morning.