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Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers is looking for volunteers to support its anonymous tip program and crime prevention activities on the Sunshine Coast.

Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers and J.P. d’Aigle of the United Canadian Métis Nation, along with Terry and George Goulet, enlist the help of students from L’Ecole du Pacifique to raise the Métis flag at Sechelt municipal hall Nov. 15.

Friday morning’s rain was a preview of the weekend to come, according to forecasters at Environment Canada.

Sunshine Coast resident takes over ‘complex portfolio’

The District of Sechelt is working with the shíshálh Nation to update the interpretive signs along the waterfront in Davis Bay. The existing signs give the history of 18th and 19th century European explorers who sailed along the coast.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors cleared the way for repairs to fix the Keats Landing dock, which was damaged by a barge that collided with it in June.

The Davis Bay-Wilson Creek-Selma Park Community Association wants the District of Sechelt to ban fishing and crabbing from the Davis Bay wharf, but council’s previous response to the issue suggests they might not be open to going that far.

Ceremonies were held across the Sunshine Coast on Monday for Remembrance Day. Hundreds attended the Sechelt ceremony, held at the cenotaph at the intersection of Cowrie Street and the Sunshine Coast Highway.

Gibsons council is expected to vote Nov. 19 on whether to move forward with a 40-unit supportive-housing project on School Road.

Councillors in Sechelt served popcorn to the gallery to mark the anniversary of their inaugural meeting Nov. 6, and also took time to reflect on their first year in office. “It’s been extremely draining, emotionally speaking,” said Coun. Alton Toth.