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Creating a private Facebook Page, efforts at community building and looking into the use of crime prevention mobile apps are some of the next steps the Sechelt Downtown Business Association (SDBA) has planned following a Nov.

Sunshine Coast RCMP reported the following for Nov. 18 to 25: Late on Nov. 23, witnesses reported a break and enter in progress at a business in the 5600 block of Wharf Avenue, Sechelt.

Sechelt’s 2019 Festival of Lights parade looks like it will match the record number of floats from 2018, with about 30 entrants signed on so far for the Saturday, Nov.

A BC Supreme Court judge has rejected Elphinstone Logging Focus’s (ELF) petition against the sale of cutting rights in an area known as the Clack Creek Forest.

Directors supported staff recommendations to move ahead with a budget proposal to investigate potential well sites at a private property near Gray Creek, and then went a step further with a motion to look at expanding the hunt for groundwater to othe

A new project to build between 30 and 35 units of affordable, long-term housing for women and children in Sechelt has been announced by BC Housing, in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society (SCCSS).

Gibsons council has voted to approve a $1,050,000 contract for a new water system booster station at Parkland as part of the Town’s plan to switch Zone 3 from Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) water onto the aquifer.

Some members of Sechelt council are hoping for bigger financial contributions from other local jurisdictions for the library and the police-based victim services program.

Gibsons council may soon join the ranks of B.C. local governments that have sent “climate accountability” letters to major fossil-fuel producers, but they aren’t prepared to take that step just yet. Councillors heard Nov.

Ten Sunshine Coast businesses are up for Small Business BC Awards, across several categories and, in some cases, in multiple categories.