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Green Leader Sonia Furstenau was on the Coast Thursday for a campaign stop with Powell River-Sunshine Coast candidate Kim Darwin.

You could install speed-of-light 5G Wi-Fi across the entire fleet with all the money governments have spent studying BC Ferries over the years.

The opening salvo by the Liberals and Greens against the Sept. 21 election call continued echoing at the final all-candidates meeting on the Lower Sunshine Coast. During an online forum hosted by the Sechelt and District Chamber of Commerce Oct.

Councillors on Sechelt’s committee of the whole are recommending approval in principle of a request for an additional municipally funded RCMP officer.

Council has received several letters and calls in recent weeks about increases in crime in Sechelt. While this is the same story we are seeing in every community in B.C.

Barring an absolute landslide on Saturday, B.C. voters should not count on experiencing the election-night catharsis that comes with knowing who won and who lost.

The future of long-term care was one of the biggest issues on the Coast during the 2017 election campaign and it’s carried into the current race to be the next MLA for Powell River-Sunshine Coast.

Transit users should expect more of the same heading into the winter after Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors voted unanimously at committee to keep service levels at 80 per cent of the budgeted amount.

Cleaning supplies, transportation, food and outdoor learning facilities are among the laundry-list of uses targeted for a $1.1-million windfall from the federal government to support Sunshine Coast schools this year as they adapt to the pandemic.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Oct. 11 to 18: • On Oct. 14, a staff member of a Coast business reported falling for a scam after receiving an email that appeared to come from a longtime supplier.