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The rupture happened when Andrea Timmins was 25. She was snowboarding down a run at Blackcomb mountain on Christmas eve when she was hit with extreme tunnel vision, a severe headache and saw stars.

Two candidates have withdrawn their names as candidates for School District No. 46 Board of Education trustee while another has expressed his desire to withdraw. As of Sept.

Roger Lagassé is moving out of the classroom and into politics in a bid to unseat incumbent Robert Joncas and become South Coast trustee for School District 93, B.C.’s French school district, also known as Conseil scolaire francophone (CSF).

As part of readying local bylaws for this month’s legalization of non-medical cannabis, the District of Sechelt is looking at an overhaul of its smoking bylaw.

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Sechelt’s three mayoral candidates were on the same stage, fielding questions, for the first time in the campaign at a Sept. 27 event called “A Forum For Us, By Us” that was organized to highlight the concerns of Sechelt residents under 50.

BC Ferries is looking for shipbuilders interested in bidding on the contracts for five new “major” vessels.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following from Sept. 21 to 29: Break and Enter • On Sept. 21, police were called to a report of a residential break and enter in the 5700 block of Ebbtide Street in Sechelt.

Changes made to OCPs Official Community Plans (OCPs) for West Howe Sound, Elphinstone, Roberts Creek and Halfmoon Bay have been amended with sections intended to encourage affordable housing through increased density.

It was a blowout year for the Cops for Cancer’s Tour de Coast. The annual fundraiser, which sees dozens of police officers cycle 800 kilometres through southern B.C. including the Sunshine Coast, raised $680,000, surpassing their goal by $155,000.