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It’s due in part to the work of volunteers on the Coast that seniors are able to stay in their homes longer and those volunteers were thanked during an appreciation tea on April 10.

The District of Sechelt will spend up to $10,000 to install wireless Internet access points atop light posts in downtown Sechelt at the urging of Sechelt Innovations Ltd. (SIL).

Gambier Island residents and local governments in Howe Sound are trying to put the brakes on plans that would see an estimated 25 per cent of the island logged out.

Thanks to an injection of $100,000 and a bid coming in well below budget, work to restore the Davis Bay Wharf will begin next month. The District of Sechelt held a press conference April 14 to announce it had accepted Heavy Metal Marine Ltd.

Changes at the new sewer treatment plant site in Sechelt have used up nearly $400,000 of the District’s $500,000 contingency fund, project coordinator Paul Nash reported at the April 9 committee of the whole meeting.

On April 8 at about 7:15 p.m. a vehicle smashed into a white scooter sitting for sale on Fairway Avenue in Sechelt and owner Merideth Frost is looking for the community’s assistance to catch the culprit.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) planning staff were recommending a text change to the Halfmoon Bay official community plan (OCP) to address concerns raised during a second public hearing, held April 8 at Coopers Green Hall.

The shortlist of possible locations for a Metro Vancouver incinerator could be down to two sites after Nanaimo city council unanimously rejected a proposal for Duke Point on April 14 in the face of massive public opposition.

Sunshine Coast RCMP Const. Todd Bozak has been recognized as part of Alexa’s Team for helping to take impaired drivers off our streets. Bozak, who is part of Sunshine Coast Traffic Services, removed 52 impaired drivers off the road last year.

A woman was airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital Tuesday night after a single-vehicle accident in Roberts Creek.