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Last weekend, Sechelt resident Peter Lietz found himself battling emotional and physical limits at the same time.

A new Sechelt Public Library Foundation board has been set up just in time to accept a donation bequeathed to the library by the late Donald Webster in the amount of $60,000. "It's incredible.

An overturned boat was found in Howe Sound on the morning of June 16, prompting a search operation for fear that someone could have been in the vessel.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has received $100,000 from the Bear Hydro Limited Partnership as part of a community benefit agreement.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for June 12 to 19: Early on June 12, a break and enter occurred at a business in the 5600 block of Cowrie Street in Sechelt after a suspect threw a rock through the window.

Amid questions of service equity, the July 12 Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) community services committee instructed staff to explore the possibility of creating a bike lane and walking path function specific to Egmont and Pender Harbour.

On Wednesday, June 13 just before 3 p.m., Sunshine Coast RCMP, paramedics and the Sechelt fire department were called to a collision at the intersection of Cowrie Street and Trail Avenue in Sechelt.

UPDATED AS OF 4:30 P.M. JUNE 19:A suspect wanted by Sunshine Coast RCMP has turned himself into police in the Lower Mainland.

Missing 30-year-old Coaster Christine Sharp has been located in Victoria and is currently in care at a hospital on the island. "She was located and is safe," said Sunshine Coast RCMP Cpl. Steven Chubey.

Sechelt council has endorsed a pilot project that will result in more commercial sidewalk usage in the downtown core this summer.