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SEPTEMBER • Sunshine Coast RCMP were called out Sept. 1 to a break-in at a home in the evacuated Seawatch subdivision. RCMP were regularly patrolling the perimeter and the District of Sechelt was using drones and video to monitor the neighbourhood.

Teen activist spearheads global action on climate crisis

JULY • Thousands of people gathered in downtown Sechelt July 1 for the annual Canada Day Parade. With 54 floats, it was the largest parade to date.

MAY • Firefighters on the Sunshine Coast responded to five fires in one week during late April and early May: a 2.

Plans are underway to construct a new facility for the French language elementary school on the Sunshine Coast administered by Conseil scolaire francophone.

The pilot killed in a plane crash near Tofino was an air force veteran who flew a specially modified aircraft on contract for a U.S. scientific agency. Heinz (Hal) Schulz had a contract with the U.S.

Public advisory covers much of Southern B.C. and Alberta

MARCH • The Sunshine Coast Regional District’s infrastructure committee recommended spending a further $350,000 on reservoir feasibility studies.

A preliminary overall tax increase of 7.8 per cent has been set by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) following the completion of Round 1 budget deliberations. Among electoral areas, Area A increased by 6.9 per cent, Area B by 8.

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