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Services for former shíshálh chief to be held Saturday

The latest round of funding to clean up abandoned and derelict vessels includes $75,675 for the Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association. The money will pay for the removal of two boats in Gerrans Bay.

As dusk settles on Gibsons Harbour this Saturday, a few more lights will blink into the night.

Chatelech Secondary School teacher Leah Judd is among the 20 educators selected to tour the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars in Belgium and France.

Group of 14 travel 112 kilometres through backcountry

There’s been another small wildfire in the Langdale – Port Mellon area. The 10-metre x 10-metre spot fire was reported Wednesday morning about three kilometres outside Langdale, about 50 metres from the side of the Port Mellon Highway.

Sunshine Coast RCMP have confirmed they’re investigating complaints of death threats and anti-Semitic comments posted using social media accounts based in Sechelt. The RCMP’s BC Hate Crime Team is also involved in the investigation.

Federal help is being sought to deal with an ongoing labour shortage at the Sunshine Coast RCMP Detachment, due in part to a lack of affordable housing. Staffing was highlighted by Staff Sgt.

Province applies for BC Cannabis location in Gibsons The provincial Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) is looking to set up a government run cannabis shop in Gibsons.

Wasted weed Construction materials are being blamed for “a clearly noticeable increase in commercial waste,” at the Sechelt Landfill according to Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) infrastructure services general manager Remko Rosenboom, but so