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School District No. 46 welcomed the new Board of Education at the swearing-in ceremony at the inaugural meeting of the board on Nov. 6 in Gibsons.

A section of forest in Elphinstone known as DL 1313, or Reed Road Forest, has been scheduled for auction by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) in January 2019. The date was shared in an Oct. 29 letter by Noel Poulin of BCTS to stakeholders.

Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station, a proposed state-of-the-art research and education facility, received a unanimous decision by Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors to go ahead with its zoning amendment application. At the Oct.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have taken down their warning about fake parking tickets being distributed in the area. After issuing a release Nov.

Cannabis has been legal since Oct. 17 but School District No. 46 announced that nothing is changing at its schools.

Madeira Park-based paramedic James Shearer has created a translation tool to help people responding to medical emergencies communicate with patients they don’t have a language in common with.

Last week the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) launched its rainwater harvesting rebate program, available to all SCRD water users – including those in the District of Sechelt – on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Directors of the Sunshine Coast Regional Hospital District (SCRHD) voted unanimously to approve the provisional 2019 budget for Sechelt Hospital. Total revenue is $1,738,653 and total expenses are $2,112,758.

Approval rates down from 2010

Local MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones says she’s continuing to push for a dedicated fisheries officer for the lower Sunshine Coast, and thinks the recent appointment of North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson to the fisheries portfolio is a sign that Prime Mini