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Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says the government is not going to consider tolls as a strategy to fund a new highway for the Sunshine Coast.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors have rejected a proposal for a subdivision development north of the highway in Halfmoon Bay. Rural directors unanimously voted Sept.

Councillors in Sechelt are holding off on a decision about waiving all development cost charges (DCC) for the Lions Housing Society’s expansion of Greenecourt.

Sechelt council voted Sept. 2 to move the venue for in-person attendance of council meetings to the community use room at the municipal hall, while councillors will continue to hold public meetings via a videoconference platform.

Consultations will be a part of School District No. 46’s (SD46) process for deciding how to spend its share of federal back-to-school funding. Administrative staff told trustees at the first regular board meeting of the new school year on Sept.

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Gibsons council’s planning and development committee is recommending approval of the development permit for a live-work project on Venture Way. The committee reviewed the form and character proposal for the Shazach Holdings property at its Sept.

Environment Canada says the Sechelt Airport recorded one of several record highs set Sept. 10 as a system of high pressure continued to dominate weather in southwestern B.C. Thursday’s high of 28.9 C beat the previous mark of 26 C set in 2007.

A Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) clinic established to assess people with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 has received the go-ahead from Sechelt council to operate at a public venue in the district at a discounted rental rate of $1,000 per month.

Updates to Gibsons’ 40-year-old noise bylaw are being forwarded to council after getting the endorsement of the planning and development committee Sept. 8.