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Sechelt has hired a permanent chief financial officer (CFO), Victor Mema. Mema comes to Sechelt from Wood Buffalo, Alta., where he acted as the manager of financial planning.

The public will have a chance to review a draft 25-year regional water plan that proposes universal metering and mandatory stage 2 and 3 watering restrictions until 2015 to reduce the cost of system expansion by $7 million.

It will cost $30,000 to paint lines and put up signs to make Cowrie Street one way by May, the public heard at Sechelt's April 10 committee of the whole meeting.

The Sechelt Nation xwamtsut group is opening the doors of the longhouse to treat guests to a traditional evening of singing, dancing and feasting April 20, in the hope of benefiting one of their own.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for March 29 1 to April 4: Between 9:30 a.m and noon on March 29, a thief attempted to gain entry into a residence in the 7300 block of Redrooffs Road.

A community information meeting and public hearing are set for next Wednesday, April 10 to receive input on a proposed land-use bylaw for smaller islands in the Gambier Island Local Trust Area.

Gibsons residents need to become more involved in BC Transit's long-term planning process now underway for the Sunshine Coast, councillors said April 2. Reporting on a recent transit future workshop in Sechelt, Coun.

The Town of Gibsons and Sunshine Coast Community Futures have thrown their support behind efforts to open a public market in the former yacht club building next to Gibsons Marina.

Sechelt council needs to decide how much to up development cost charges (DCCs) after two previous councils couldn't come to a decision, but they want more consultation first.

Brenda Rowe has scored a big one for the Sunshine Coast Minor Hockey Association (SCMHA).