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Site originally slated for mixed-use community goes up for sale for $23.8 million, after project was abandoned earlier this year

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Just outside Sechelt, there once stood a house named Rexwood. Jane Nickson named it in memory of her son, who in 1912 pre-empted the land and built a house there. Two years later, on Dec.

Sechelt community archivist Ann Watson stands in front of Rockwood Lodge in Sechelt, holding an air raid warning device that would have been used in case of invasion during World War II.

Halfmoon Bay director Lori Pratt was acclaimed as chair and Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers was acclaimed as vice chair when Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors were sworn in at the inaugural meeting of the board on Nov. 8.

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Darnelda Siegers was sworn in as mayor of Sechelt Nov. 7, along with first-time councillors Alton Toth, Eric Scott, Brenda Rowe, Matt McLean, Janice Kuester and Tom Lamb, who returns to the council table after losing his seat in 2014.

Still no word on funding for Gibsons

Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish and his council have taken office. Beamish and councillors Aleria Ladwig, Annemarie De Andrade, David Croal and Stafford Lumley were sworn in at a Nov. 6 ceremony held at the Gibsons Public Market.