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Several District of Sechelt departments put staffing requests to council as part of an ongoing review of operating budgets for 2021. A total of six full-time equivalent (FTE) requests were made at the Feb. 10 committee of the whole meeting.

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Between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6 there was only one confirmed case of COVID-19 on the Sunshine Coast, the lowest case count in almost a month. The last time the Sunshine Coast saw only one positive case was the week starting Jan.

Sechelt suffered from an outsized number of overdose calls last year, according to data from BC Emergency Health Services. Paramedics responded to 87 overdose calls in 2020, compared with 41 in 2019. It’s far higher than the previous four years.

A Sunshine Coast couple say they are lucky to be alive after surviving a collision on the Coquihalla Highway outside of Hope on Wednesday morning involving at least two dozen vehicles. “It was a nightmare,” said Buddy Boyd of Gibsons.

Dear Fellow Sunshine Coast Residents:FEB. 11 – As we look forward to a wintry long weekend ahead, we are encouraged by the recent drop in COVID-19 numbers here on the Sunshine Coast.

About 20 local government and non-profit representatives met with West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Patrick Weiler virtually on Feb.

As the opioid overdose crisis continues to cause hardship, a coming change to prescribing practices has been welcomed by Sunshine Coast Overdose Prevention Task Force spokesperson Dr. Joerg Jaschinski. On Feb.

Free surgical masks are being distributed on the Sunshine Coast.

A coalition of small rural coastal and island communities are requesting provincial funding to support emergency services, including the Town of Gibsons. “I think it’s something we really do need to support,” said Coun. David Croal at a Feb.