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Legislature protesters demand that pipeline permits be revoked

Legislature protesters demand that pipeline permits be revoked

Indigenous Youth for Wet’suwet’en, who have been occupying the stone steps of the B.C.
Machado to present at South African Climate Change Conference

Machado to present at South African Climate Change Conference

Gibsons chief administrative officer Emanuel Machado is headed to South Africa next month to share his knowledge of natural asset management and the costs of climate change on behalf of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
Opinion: B.C. budget ‘surplus’ could disappear quickly

Opinion: B.C. budget ‘surplus’ could disappear quickly

As I began making my way through the documents that make up the latest B.C. government budget last week, a deputy minister came up to me and said he had given the budget a unique name: “the caseload budget.
Gibsons draft budget anticipates 2% property tax increase

Gibsons draft budget anticipates 2% property tax increase

Five per cent increase coming for water and sewer rates
Council to revisit water lease bylaw after reports on eelgrass health

Council to revisit water lease bylaw after reports on eelgrass health

After hearing two new reports on the state of the eelgrass beds in and around the harbour, Gibsons council will be revisiting amendments to the Recreational Water Lease Bylaw that have sat at second reading since December 2017. On Feb.
Highway signs featuring shíshálh place names to be up by end of March

Highway signs featuring shíshálh place names to be up by end of March

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) says it plans to have she shashishalhem-English dual language road signs installed along Highway 101 by the end of March.
Police Report: Pat Jobb painting stolen from Sechelt Hospital

Police Report: Pat Jobb painting stolen from Sechelt Hospital

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Feb. 17 to 24: On Feb. 21, a suspect stole a painting off a wall at Sechelt Hospital in the 5500 block of Highway 101, Sechelt. The painting by the late artist Pat Jobb is called “Grass Stiff with Frost.
The ‘Battle of Roberts Creek’ was not exactly the Navy’s finest hour

The ‘Battle of Roberts Creek’ was not exactly the Navy’s finest hour

It is hard to imagine that a naval anti-aircraft shell can travel over rooftops in a small seaside community before landing about one mile inland. The residents of Roberts Creek had this experience on Sept. 9, 1958, in peacetime.
Province looking to seize property and money associated with Squamish cannabis dispensary

Province looking to seize property and money associated with Squamish cannabis dispensary

The province is asking the courts for permission to seize property and money associated with Squamish’s first cannabis dispensary. On Jan.
Powell River social enterprise applies for cannabis retail store

Powell River social enterprise applies for cannabis retail store

Part of the profits would go to sustaining brain injury society, says applicant