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Canada’s deadliest mass shooting was remembered by the public last Thursday at a candlelight vigil held at the Dougall Park Gazebo in Gibsons. On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were killed by Marc Lépine.

The chair of the Sunshine Coast Community Forest is predicting 2018 will be the best year in the organization’s history in terms of financial performance. Geoff Craig shared the third quarter results for Sechelt Community Projects Inc.

The bylaw applies to all rural Sunshine Coast save for the Pender Harbour area. It regulates density and how land is used, from what can be built on it to what can be sold on it. And after nearly 30 years, Zoning Bylaw 310 is due for an update.

Workers for the Sechelt Public Library, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 391, ratified a new collective agreement after three days of negotiations, CUPE announced Tuesday.

A reorganization of Sechelt council’s advisory and select committees has meant the end of the accessibility advisory committee and the creation of new committees looking at housing, economic development and other key priorities for the new council.

The Elves Club had a record fundraising weekend, raising $27,679 from Saturday’s Crash the Coast telethon and boot drive.

Sechelt council has deferred a decision on development permits for RTC’s West Porpoise Bay Estates project, a proposal that failed to get approval from the previous council because of its height.

With flu season underway, visitors to Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) facilities are being asked to wear a mask if they haven’t received their annual flu shot.

The District of Sechelt’s finance department is proposing a property tax increase of 11.81 per cent in the draft 2019 budget. Council’s committee of the whole is scheduled to discuss the report from director of finance Doug Stewart at its Dec.

E-Comm fire dispatch had to deal with several calls about a possible brush fire near Sechelt Saturday night, but the fire, visible from several areas around Sandy Hook, was a controlled burn and did not require a response from firefighters.