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Sechelt adopts amendments for Silverstone facility

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) plans to prohibit the disposal of food waste, paper, and cardboard in garbage by Jan. 1, 2022, as part of a strategy to make the best use of the aging Sechelt Landfill.

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is going to change the pay structure for its board of directors, as proposed in a task force report presented at the board’s Jan. 14 regular meeting.

A soft opening was planned for the shelter at 682 Gibsons Way on Tuesday, Jan. 19, according to BC Housing.

With tourist season a few months away, the District of Sechelt is looking for people to run food trucks or other mobile vending services at Davis Bay, Kinnikinnick Park and Friendship Park. The mobile pads would be available from March 1 to Oct.

Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) executive director Suzanne Senger challenged Gibsons council about why a Jan. 19 agenda didn’t include a report about possible tree removal at the Gospel Rock development.

Gibsons council has voted to replace the planning and development committee with an advisory design panel intended to get more professional advice and increase community input. Council gave three readings to the bylaw at a Jan.

The owner of a sports fishing charter feels extreme remorse and still has nightmares about the day his vessel was swamped off Tofino four years ago, killing two passengers.

A future commercial kitchen and food programming space at the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society’s (SCCSS) proposed housing project at 5638 Inlet Ave.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Jan. 14 to 20: On Jan.