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NDP incumbent Nicholas Simons, 55, has lived in the riding for the past 30 years – 19 of them on the lower Sunshine Coast and 11 in the Powell River area.

Green candidate Kim Darwin, 51, is making her second run for MLA, after finishing third in 2017 and coming within 100 votes of the Liberal candidate.

Sunshine Coast RCMP are seeking the public's help to solve a pair of break and enters at the Wobbly Canoe Restaurant in Davis Bay. RCMP were called out around 11:35 p.m. Oct. 15 after a report glass had been broken at restaurant.

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An early-morning break-in at a clothing shop in downtown Sechelt on Oct. 16 ended in an arrest after police officers chased a suspect who fled the scene. Sunshine Coast RCMP were alerted to the break-and-enter at 5711 Cowrie St. at about 4:30 a.m.

NDP incumbent Nicholas Simons was forced to miss an Oct. 15 all-candidates forum after injuring his ankle at a campaign event.

A man suspected of assaulting a worker at the Gospel Rock development in Gibsons on Tuesday morning has approached the police and says he was assaulted first, Sunshine Coast RCMP told Coast Reporter Oct. 15.

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Despite a few glitches, including wildlife encounters, Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) chair Lori Pratt said one week in, the new food waste curbside pickup program went “fantastic.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Oct. 5 to 12: On Oct. 9 at about 4:15 a.m., a suspect used a cement block to smash a glass door of a business in the 5500 block of Wharf Avenue, Sechelt.